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Adam Mansbach & Camila Alves McConaughey, JUST TRY ONE BITE

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Adam Mansbach & Camila Alves McConaughey, JUST TRY ONE BITE

Zibby is joined by the duo behind the new picture book Just Try One Bite, Adam Mansbach and Camila Alves McConaughey, to talk about their collaboration as well as their personal projects. Adam shares what it was like to write his prose poem, I Had a Brother Once, about his late brother, why it took him so long to write, and what it has been like since he completed it. Camila also discusses how and why she started Women of Today, an online community that connects women with the intention of helping everyone find exactly the support they need. The three also talk about their respective relationships with sugar and food overall, and how that inspired the messaging of this picture book.

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Emmanuel Acho, ILLOGICAL

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Emmanuel Acho, ILLOGICAL

"We spend so much time ignoring our calling, searching for our calling not realizing it's already calling us." #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fox Sports analyst, and former NFL player Emmanuel Acho returns to talk with Zibby about his new book, Illogical. Emmanuel shares how being illogical simply means going against conventional wisdom to find the passions that speak to you the most in your personal and professional lives, just as he has done since releasing his first book, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. The two discuss the advice Emmanuel strives to live by, how he wants to inspire others to create the best lives for themselves, and the moments that inspired him to find his calling.

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Anna David, PARTY GIRL

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Anna David, PARTY GIRL

"I think a lot of us have that thing where it's like, 'Who am I to think I could write a book?' I'm now always telling people, 'Who are you not to?'" Zibby is joined by New York Times bestselling author and founder of Legacy Launch Pad Anna David to talk about the re-release of her novel, Party Girl, as well as the many other things she is working on. Anna shares how her disappointing experience with traditional publishing led her to start an independent service designed to help authors succeed on their own terms, and her new project, Hollywood Book Directory, which helps get books optioned. The two also discuss why they are shaking up the industry and some of the successes they've already had along the way.

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Sabaa Tahir, ALL MY RAGE

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Sabaa Tahir, ALL MY RAGE

New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir returns to talk about her latest novel, All My Rage, which she worked on for the last fifteen years whenever she got angry. She shares which real facets of her own life she wove into the story, from enduring xenophobia to the ebbs and flows of lifelong friendships, and which scene was written when she was the angriest she had ever been. Sabaa and Zibby also talk about empathy in this day and age, what they think about their kids reading their writing, and which projects Sabaa is working on next.

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Saumya Roy, CASTAWAY MOUNTAIN

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Saumya Roy, CASTAWAY MOUNTAIN

Journalist, social activist, and professor Saumya Roy joins Zibby to talk about her first book, Castaway Mountain, which is the culmination of eight years of interviews with and research on the wastepickers in the garbage landfill of Mumbai. Saumya shares how she first became involved with wastepickers after she and her father began a non-profit that offers loans to microentrepreneurs and was approached by a number of those who managed the landfill. She wanted to not only show the world who these individuals are and how they have built their lives but also how we as a global community are constantly generating waste which greatly contributes to climate change.

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Julie Vick, BABIES DON'T MAKE SMALL TALK

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Julie Vick, BABIES DON'T MAKE SMALL TALK

Zibby is joined by Julie Vick to talk about her latest book, a parenting guide for introverts titled Babies Don't Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?). The two discuss what makes someone an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert (and why they're both introverts), as well as how the pressures of parenthood could feel even heavier with the added weight of social anxiety or shyness. Julie also shares she found her way back to writing after having her second child and how she cultivated a platform for herself on Twitter.

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Rosie Walsh, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

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Rosie Walsh, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

Rosie Walsh returns for an Instagram Live with Zibby to discuss her latest novel, The Love of My Life, which is this month's GMA Book Club pick. The two talk about how this book took Rosie over four years to write and how she managed to work around her writer's block by typing her draft in white. They also talk about where to steal time for writing when raising young kids, what makes obituary writers so fascinating, and the research Rosie conducts to help make her characters feel so true-to-life.

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Kendall Rhodes, Meredith Littas & Meghan Rienks, THE BREAK-UP DIET

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Kendall Rhodes, Meredith Littas & Meghan Rienks, THE BREAK-UP DIET

Zibby is joined by Kendall Rhodes, Meredith Littas, and Meghan Rienks— three women involved with the new Fictionz app and the recent narrative audio series, The Break-up Diet, which Meredith wrote during the early days of the Covid lockdown. The four chat about their astrological signs and which character from Sex and the City they are most like, as well as why Fictionz's mission is to highlight women-centered stories and how they've designed their shows to be intimate and digestible.

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Seth Meyers, I'M NOT SCARED, YOU'RE SCARED

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Seth Meyers, I'M NOT SCARED, YOU'RE SCARED

Comedian and host of Late Night Seth Meyers joins Zibby to talk about his new picture book, I'm Not Scared, You're Scared. The two talk about their shared editor at Flamingo, the ways in which being a big reader and writer has helped Seth at every stage of his career —notably at Saturday Night Live— and how the pandemic has only strengthened his relationship with books. Seth also shares his wife's connection to the Holocaust and the impact it still has on their family today.

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Laura Lippman, SEASONAL WORK

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Laura Lippman, SEASONAL WORK

Zibby is joined by journalist and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman to talk about her story collection, Seasonal Work. The two discuss the combination of people and things that inspired the book's novella, which centers around dating apps, as well as their respective relationships with social media. Laura also shares whether or not she gets scared in her daily life given the darkness that comes with writing crime novels, her stances on sharing writing for free and why she is not precious about physical books, and how a podcast inspired the next book she is working on.

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David Damrosch, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BOOKS

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David Damrosch, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 BOOKS

Literary historian David Damrosch joins Zibby to discuss his latest book, Around the World in 80 Books, which grew out of a blog he started during the pandemic. The two talk about the thought that went into selecting the eighty books from around the world, David's thoughts on reading translated works, and how he grew more comfortable sharing parts of his personal story, which made the book "a kind of a memoir of a life of reading." David shares some of these personal anecdotes with Zibby, including his connection to Madeleine L'Engle.

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Paul Bloom, THE SWEET SPOT

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Paul Bloom, THE SWEET SPOT

Zibby is joined by psychologist and professor at the University of Toronto Paul Bloom to talk about his latest book, The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning. Paul explains the science behind why we often put ourselves in situations that are difficult and what happens that decision backfires as well as how we feel when we achieve the result we were striving for. He also tells Zibby about how he originally got into psychology, his thoughts on how the field has evolved over time, and what project he is working on next.

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Albert Samaha, CONCEPCION

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Albert Samaha, CONCEPCION

"To me, this book, in a lot of ways, the core intellectual arc of the book is this journey of me figuring out what it means to be American." Zibby is joined by investigative journalist and editor at BuzzFeed News Albert Samaha to talk about his new memoir, Concepcion, which is a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Albert and Zibby talk about the ways in which the shape of the narrative changed over the five years it took to write it, which moments in recent history have had the greatest effect on Albert's family, and how he determined which memories made it into the book.

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Jacquelyn Mitchard, THE GOOD SON

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Jacquelyn Mitchard, THE GOOD SON

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard joins Zibby to discuss her latest novel, The Good Son, and the brief interaction at a writer's conference that inspired it. The two talk about the unreasoning love parents have for their children, what Jacquelyn's experience was like raising nine kids, and the project she is working on next. Jacquelyn also shares what the experience was like being chosen as Oprah's first book club pick, from almost missing the opportunity when she didn't believe Oprah was really calling her to what it was like to be a part of a massive literary phenomenon.

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Clothilde Ewing, STELLA KEEPS THE SUN UP

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Clothilde Ewing, STELLA KEEPS THE SUN UP

Zibby is joined by Clothilde Ewing to talk about her very first picture book, Stella Keeps the Sun Up, which is out this week from Denene Millner Books. Clothilde shares how an op-ed from Denene was what originally inspired her to begin writing and how her own childrens' sleep habits helped her shape the story. Clothilde also tells Zibby about her time working as a producer for The Oprah Winfrey Show as well as what she is working on now, both for her second picture book and as Vice President of Strategic Communications at The Chicago Community Trust.

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Brad Meltzer, THE LIGHTNING ROD

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Brad Meltzer, THE LIGHTNING ROD

New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer returns to talk with Zibby his latest thriller, The Lightning Rod, which was inspired by a real figure hired by the United States Army to paint disasters as they occur. Brad shares how influential his mother and the loss of his parents have been on all of his novels, which real-life spy tricks he has included in his projects that have impressed his kids, and what his experience was like reading to former President George H. W. Bush just before he passed away.

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Lisa Barr, WOMAN ON FIRE

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Lisa Barr, WOMAN ON FIRE

Award-winning journalist and author Lisa Barr returns to talk with Zibby about her latest novel, Woman on Fire, which is one of this month's Barnes and Noble picks and has just been optioned by Sharon Stone. The two discuss which life experiences Lisa lent to her protagonist, how she managed to fully flesh out every character in her expansive cast, and why her family's Holocaust story continues to inspire her to write books about the era. Lisa also shares the real historical moments she wove into the plot, proving that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

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Nick Hornby, JUST LIKE YOU

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Nick Hornby, JUST LIKE YOU

Nick Hornby, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Fever Pitch, joins Zibby to discuss his latest novel, Just Like You. The two talk about why his writing is so easily adapted for the screen, the occupational hazards that come with being a writer, and the inadvertent effects parenting can have on kids—both fictional and real. Nick also shares the encounter he observed that lay the groundwork for this story and which political events finally inspired him to write the book.

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Nikki May, WAHALA

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Nikki May, WAHALA

Zibby is joined by author Nikki May to discuss her debut novel, Wahala, which many are calling "Sex and the City with a killer twist." Nikki shares the meal with friends that inspired her to write this story, how she mapped out her four main characters' personalities on a spreadsheet that ended up being taller than her, and why she wants all of her novels to feature mixed-race characters with true-to-life experiences. Nikki and Zibby also talk about the upcoming BBC adaptation of the novel and what role Nikki is happily playing in that development.

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Fiona Davis, THE MAGNOLIA PALACE

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Fiona Davis, THE MAGNOLIA PALACE

Zibby is once again joined by New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis to talk about her latest novel, The Magnolia Palace, which takes place in New York's famed Frick Collection. The two talk about what inspired Fiona to tell a fictionalized version of the Frick's story, how she managed to write so vividly about the museum during the early days of the pandemic while in lockdown, and the multiple projects she's working on next. Fiona also shares why she decided to talk publicly about her Parkinson's disease and how it may fit into one of her upcoming books.

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