{"podcast":{"title":"Authors Talking Bookish","slug":"authors-talking-bookish-6426830","podcast_index_feed_id":6426830,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/authorstalkingbookish/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.authorstalkingbookish.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/authorstalkingbookish/20230429_030430_3e4787a80d22cab5f27aa680c5df24b5.jpg","author":"Donna Norman-Carbone and Hope Gibbs","episode_count":72,"summary":"At Authors Talking Bookish, our mission is to dedicate ourselves to inspiring writers and readers by providing the-road-to-publishing insights from two debut novelists who learned the hard way and discussing our love of books from the writer’s perspective.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-talking-bookish-6426830"},"episode":{"title":"An Interview with Bestselling Author Barbara Conrey","slug":"an-interview-with-bestselling-author-barbara-conrey","published_at":"2025-12-09T22:15:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-talking-bookish-6426830/an-interview-with-bestselling-author-barbara-conrey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-talking-bookish-6426830","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/authorstalkingbookish/2342962","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/206287/2342962/authorstalkingbookish/2025_11_23_19_10_48_cb14a522-81a6-4b88-a76c-9bed7a36563f.mp3","summary":"SUMMARY: In this episode, bestselling author Barbara Conrey discusses her inspiring journey to publication, her creative process, and the themes behind her emotionally powerful novels, including A Fine Layer of Dust . The conversation also features fun rapid-fire questions, offering a personal glimpse into her life and passions. Barbara Conrey is the USA Today Bestselling author of Nowhere Near Goodbye , her debut novel published on August 4, 2020, by Red Adept Publishing. Her sophomore novel, My Secret to Keep , was released on August 23, 2022 and her third, A Fine Layer of Dust, debuted in October 2025. An active member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, Women’s National Book Association, and the Author Talk Network, Barbara also moderates the online book club for the Facebook Group Bookish Road Trip. SHOW NOTES: Bio A Fine Layer of Dust Journey to Publication Work as a Book Club Host for Bookish Road Trip Involvement with Women’s Fiction Writers Association Bonus Rapid-Fire Questions Links: https://www.barbaraconreyauthor.com/ https://www.facebook.com/barbara.conrey Next Episode: We are taking off a month for the holidays and will see you mid-January Follow us on Instagram or subscribe to our website for an exact date. Happy Holidays, everyone! Full Show Notes are available on our website as well as free downloads mentioned in the episode. Authors Talking Bookish https://www.authorstalkingbookish.com Hope Gibbs, author of Where the Grass Grows Blue https://www.authorhopegibbs.com/ Donna Norman-Carbone, author of All That is Sacred & Of Lies and Honey https://www.donnanormancarbone.com If you found value in this content, please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE. Thank you","meta_description":"SUMMARY: In this episode, bestselling author Barbara Conrey discusses her inspiring journey to publication, her creative process, and the themes behind he…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1994,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/authors-talking-bookish-6426830/episodes/an-interview-with-bestselling-author-barbara-conrey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authors-talking-bookish-6426830/an-interview-with-bestselling-author-barbara-conrey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}