# From Headlines to Plot Twists: Jennifer van der Kleut on The Better Mother (E211)

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Podcast: [Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read Recommendations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bookish-flights-books-author-interviews-must-read-recommendations-5865760)
Published: 2026-04-22T07:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Jennifer van der Kleut (née McBride). Jennifer is an award-winning former journalist of both print and digital publications, including the D.C. affiliate of ABC7 News. A graduate of San Jose State University, she spent most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to the Norther Virginia suburbs of D.C., where she currently lives with her husband and two sons. When she is not writing, she loves going to the beach with her f...

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