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    The Star Bound Playlist

    By Bruce McCandless III Emily Carney and I wrote our book Star Bound: A Beginner’s Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard’s Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything In Between, with the aim of creating a space history for the rest of us. No complicated equations. No technospeak or rocket-talk. We focus instead on […] More

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    Playlist for Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegraph

    By Ari Rosenschein I began writing Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegraph in the dank, dark depths of November 2020 in Seattle, when the pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew what our collective future would hold. The thought of creating a book set anywhere near the current moment was abhorrent. Masks, temperature checks, Zoom […] More

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    Playlist for The Raek Riders Series

    by Melanie K. Moschella When writing my debut series I listened to the same playlist on repeat, and I think that a lot of the emotion in the songs made it into my books. If you can’t tell, I love indie music! It’s understated, heartfelt, and full of the aching tension every good Romantasy book […] More

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    Playlist for The Adventures of the Flash Gang

    by Sandra Waugh and Melanie Murray Downing Our middle-grade trilogy began as a lark—two authors in a writers group decided to co-author the sort of grand adventure they loved as children. The story needed a quirky, memorable, lovable heroine and an unlikely hero—not strong or confident or an overtly natural leader. Extra points if they […] More

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    Playlist for Unsuited

    By Erin Carrougher In the heart of the Pacific Northwest lies Augland 54, a lavish theme park that serves as a playground for the privileged, and a prison for the less fortunate. The Suits indulge in the luxury of choosing their physical forms and living out their wildest fantasies. Meanwhile, the Suitless are confined to […] More

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    Song Playlist for The Porn Star’s Daughter by Kay Stephens

    The title to my new adult romance novel, The Porn Star’s Daughter, explains a lot! It’s written about Tali, the daughter of…well…a porn star. Tali escapes Los Angeles, the epicenter of her mother’s world, and attends college in New Orleans with plans to leave her scandalous past behind. But what Tali wants isn’t what she […] More

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    Angela Terry’s The Palace at Dusk Playlist

    by Angela Terry Although I prefer to write in silence, I love listening to music when I’m thinking about writing. A certain song can get me into a character’s head and their emotional state. And so one of my rituals when sitting down to write is to play my book’s “theme song” or maybe another […] More

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    Song Playlist for Beast Mom by Kim Imas

    My novel Beast Mom follows an Oregon mom, Harriet “Harry” Lime, as she discovers what happens when she lets herself become angry. (Hint: She turns into a giant monster.) I hope the book raises interesting questions for readers—questions that tie into the songs on this playlist. For example: Why are so many women so angry […] More

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    Paulette Stout’s What We Never Say: Playlist

    Growing up in Manhattan, I loved stomping about the streets with music blaring in my ears. I’d wear my leather motorcycle jacket, black boots, and my best pissed off face so people approaching on the sidewalk would step aside. My tunes rotated between the pounding anthems of Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Faith […] More

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