In the month of November, the Professional Book Nerds (PBN) interviewed some serious star power. Rainbow Rowell chatted about her new short story collection, Justin Arnold talked about writing magical means girls and Chuck Wendig shares more about his second book in the world of Wanderers.

Grab your coffee or tea, get cozy and get ready for fun, casual convos with your favorite authors about writing, their latest books, what inspires them and lots more.

Rainbow Rowell, author of Scattered Showers

PBN hosts Emma, Joe and Jill are joined by the one and only Rainbow Rowell in this incredibly special episode. They chat about her new short story collection, Scattered Showers, writing across genres and formats, She-Hulk, fanfiction, historical figures in love, hair dye disasters and more.

Rainbow is also the author of Fangirl, Attachments, Carry On, Wayward Son, Eleanor & Park and more.

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Justin Arnold, author of Wicked Little Things

Joe interviews Justin about his new book Wicked Little Things that was published on November 15 from Tiny Ghost Press. They talk about writing magical mean girls, what it’s like to be the GBF and some of their favorite urban legends.

Justin is also the author of The Prince and the Puppet Thief.

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Chuck Wendig, author of Wayward

In this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, Joe talks with Chuck Wendig about his new book, Wayward (Book 2 in the world of Wanderers). Chuck shares what it was like to write about a pandemic pre-pandemic, tackling his first major bout of writer’s block and what it’s like introducing his child to Stranger Things.

Chuck is also the author of The Book of Accidents, Aftermath, Zer0es and more.

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Want more book talk?

Listen to the book nerds and other book-loving guests dish about celebrity memoirs, true crime reads and the best books of 2022 in this month’s episodes of the Professional Book Nerds podcast.

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The Professional Book Nerds are Jill, Emma and Joe—book nerds who dish out expert book recommendations, author interviews and all things books on their weekly podcast. The Professional Book Nerds podcast is available through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Radio FM and anywhere people download their podcasts.