
LiteraryHype Podcast
LiteraryHype is your home for interviews with bestselling and debut authors, as well as celebrities and more. If it's bookish, you'll find it here. New episodes weekly on Tuesdays.
Episodes
95 episodes
94. MATT DINNIMAN: How Dungeon Crawler Carl brought LitRPG to mainstream readers
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Matt Dinniman joins me to talk all about his wildly popular LitRPG series, Dungeon Crawler Carl. The seventh book in the series is out now! We chatted all about the sudden surge in readership, going from indep...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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25:29

93. NIKKI REED: 20 years of Twilight and leaving Hollywood behind (LiteraryHype Live)
We could call this LiteraryHype Podcast live from FanX Salt Lake City. I had the chance to be Nikki Reed's conversation partner and moderator for her spotlight panel in September 2025. We talked all about the 20th anniversary of Stephenie Meyer...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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44:28

92. KELLAN LUTZ: 20 Years of Twilight and picking Team Jacob?!
LiteraryHype Podcast is thrilled to welcome Kellan Lutz. He played Emmett in the Twilight movies, based on Stephenie Meyer's books. Twilight turns 20 in 2025, so we're looking back at what makes the series special, how the cast's relationships ...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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8:58

91. JACKSON RATHBONE: Celebrating 20 years of Twilight & lessons learned from playing Jasper
It's hard to believe, but Twilight is turning 20 years old! October 5th, 2005 was the day Stephenie Meyer published a teen book about a girl falling in love with a sparkly vampire and changed pop culture as we knew it. Jackson Rathb...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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15:00

90. GINGER STACHE: Writing with Joyce Meyer & overcoming rejection
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm taking a turn into non-fiction. I don't often feature non-fiction but I do enjoy it. Today's guest is Ginger Stache, who is the Chief Creative Officer for Joyce Meyer Ministries and host of Talk It Out Pod...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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26:10

89. K.X. SONG RETURNS! Ending a Mulan-inspired romantasy duology
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm thrilled to welcome K.X. Song back to chat. She's the author of a romantasy Mulan retelling, The Night Ends With Fire, and now she's back with the conclusion of this duology, The Dragon Wakes With Thunder....
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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20:15

88. BRITNEY S. LEWIS: Giving Vampire Diaries' Bonnie Bennett a better story
This week's episode of LiteraryHype Podcast is for the Twilight and Vampire Diaries girlies. We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of Twilight hitting shelves, so it's the perfect time for Britney S. Lewis to release her latest book, Blood Mo...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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39:12

87. SHANNON LEE & FONDA LEE: Mixing Bruce Lee's legacy and characters with fantasy elements
This week's episode of LiteraryHype Podcast is a treat. Most people recognize the name Bruce Lee for his epic (and tragically too short) career in martial arts and film. His daughter, Shannon Lee, is the keeper of his legacy and decided to writ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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22:25

86. ALEX TRAVIS: John Tucker Must Die vibes, teen drama, and comparison on social media
Kids are heading back to school, so now is the perfect time for a book about school drama turning ugly, right? This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, Alex Travis joins me to chat all about her book, The Payback Girls. This has John Tucker Must Die ...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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19:00

85. SARAH MACLEAN: Switching genres, swoony forearms, terrible billionaires, & Fated Mates | These Summer Storms
This week on LiteraryHype Podcast, I'm joined by a legend of Romancelandia: Sarah MacLean. Sarah is the author of 20 books, including many beloved historical romances and now, a contemporary called "These Summer Storms". We're talking all about...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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17:34

84. JOHN SCALZI: writing humor in sci-fi, meeting celebrity fans, and DJing for nerds
I still don't know how I convinced John Scalzi to chat with me while we were at C2E2 earlier this year, but it happened and he's a hoot. We're talking all about his signature humor in sci-fi books, which celebrities are fans of his, and his wor...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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35:42

83. SHAMEEZ PATEL: Celebrating nerdy love with board games and San Diego Comic Con
San Diego Comic Con week is here! If you can't attend the show in person, the next best thing is to read about it. Shameez Patel's first novel published in the USA will do just the trick. Playing Flirty has some ties to SDCC (that I'll let you ...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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26:20

82. AMANDA SELLET: Retelling old movies as romance novels with heart and humor
Amanda Sellet is the author of the new romance novel "The Odds of Getting Even" and it's such a great time, much like Amanda herself. We're talking all about friendship with other authors, transitioning from a career in journalism to writing no...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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27:01

81. AMAL EL-MOHTAR: Murder Ballads, Sisterhood, and Time Travel
Amal El-Mohtar is a co-author of the very buzzy book, "This Is How You Lose The Time War" which was seen in the TV show adaptation of "Heartstopper", and debuted as a solo author this year with "The River Has Roots". You know I love a good phys...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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31:19

80. D.L. TAYLOR: Unique magic systems, spreadsheets, and romantasy in The Beasts We Bury
D.L. Taylor recently debuted with her first novel, The Beasts We Bury, and it's one of the most unique things I've read all year. This YA romantasy is brimming with tension and magic, so we're diving into what helped her shape this story of a g...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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23:51

79. F.T. LUKENS: Mashing up Heartstopper and Supernatural vibes
F.T Lukens is mashing up all the genres in "Love at Second Sight". It's a paranormal romcom with a murder mystery. Oh, and it feels very cozy fantasy all at the same time. Think Heartstopper by Alice Oseman meets the fabulous world of The CW's ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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13:37

78. ELLE TESCH: Dealing with impostor syndrom as a debut authors | What Wakes The Bells
I love itnroducing readers to debut authors and Elle is one to add to your TBR list. She's the author of "What Wakes The Bells", which is a fantasy novel about a sentient city and the bellkeepers within when one accidentally unleashes a big pro...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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22:02

77. KAT CHO: Cultural Context of K-Pop Fandom | Wish Upon A K-Star
Kat Cho and I are celebrating BTS Festa and the return of RM, V, Jimin, and Jungkook by talking all about her brand new K-Pop romcom, Wish Upon A K-Star. This book is a friends-to-lovers/ fake marriage romance featuring a K-Pop star and a forme...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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42:58

76. E. LOCKHART: Turning 'We Were Liars' from book to TV show
E. Lockhart's most famous novel is a YA mystery, "We Were Liars". Now, it's coming to life as a TV show adaptation from Prime Television, plus getting deluxe editions, a new audiobook voiced by the show's star Emily Alyn Lind, and a third book ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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16:57

75. V. E. SCHWAB: Vampires exploring love & hunger | Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V.E. Schwab is probably best known for her novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Now she's back with a story that falls somewhere between Addie and another one of her hits, Viscious. Buckle up as we dive into why she's terrified of people r...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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15:38

74: STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES: Vampires and Native American Rage in The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones made a splash with the Indian Lake trilogy, and now he's back with The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, which is a story of rage about a point in history mixed with horror and vampires. We're talking all about his process in creating...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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29:27

73. SUSAN LEE: Romance tropes, K-Pop, and finding joy in community
Susan Lee is finally on LiteraryHype! I've known Susan for a couple years and wanted to feature her books since I first read "Seoulmates". Now, it's finally here. We're talking all about her latest YA Romcom, "The Romance Rivalry", her upcoming...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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48:30

72. JULIE SOTO: Diving into Romantasy & YA Thrillers with Rose in Chains & The Thrashers
Julie Soto is back, and this time, we're talking all about her two new books, The Thrashers and Rose in Chains. Julie made her name in the romance book space, but now, she's tackling YA thrillers and Romantasy. We're talking all about these new...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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55:15

71. RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON: Seeing life as romcoms and suspending reality in fiction
Rachel Lynn Solomon is an author in both the young adult and adult romance spaces. Her 2025 spring release is "What Happens in Amsterdam", which follows an American woman named Dani as she moves to Amsterdam for work... and crashes into the exc...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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30:28

70. SAJNI PATEL: Mixing Greek and Indian mythology and the reality of Medusa's story
Sajni Patel is the author of the Young Adult Dark Romantasy duology, A Drop of Venom and A Touch of Blood, under Rick Riordan's imprint. She blends Indian mythology with classic Greek myths like Medusa and Persephone in these two books, taking ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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24:40
