Episode description

Emma Straub is the New York Times best-selling author of This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, The Vacationers, and Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures. Elin and Tim dig in deep on being the daughter of novelist Peter Straub, growing up in New York City, her writing education and origin story, debut novels, time travel (Elin, Tim, and Emma travel back to their 16 year old bedrooms and bookshelves). Emma discusses the reason for writing her most recent novel This Time Tomorrow as juggling her job as a novelist and owning 2 Books Are Magic bookstore locations with her husband in New York. Since the recording of this podcast, Emma has received a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. Congratulations, Emma!

A special thank you to our Episode Sponsors:
The Nantucket Hotel
The Nantucket Historical Association

Reading List:

•  This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
• Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
• The Vacationers by Emma Straub
• Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
• All Adults Here by Emma Straub
• The Beach Club by Elin Hilderbrand
• Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
• The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
• The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
• Mystery by Peter Straub
• The Colossus of New York by Colton Whitehead
• Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
• The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
• The Book of Love by Kelly Link

 Other Authors Mentioned
Judy Blume, E.E. Cummings, Frank O’Hara, Ann Patchett, Zadie Smith, Meg Wolitzer, John Cheever, Colton Whitehead

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