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Started as a forum for discussion about YA books during the pandemic, On The Shelf is now about all types of books and talking to all types of authors. Each week host Honora Quinn virtually sits down with your new favorite author from self-published to the NYTs bestselling to ask the important questions, like what type of plate they are.

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Started as a forum for discussion about YA books during the pandemic, On The Shelf is now about all types of books and talking to all types of authors. Each week host Honora Quinn virtually sits down with your new favorite author from self-published to the NYTs bestselling to ask the important questions, like what type of plate they are.

Cover art by Luciana Kraus
Intro and Outro Theme by Elise Boldizar

    For The Children, From The Heart - Ultraviolet with Aida Salazar

    For The Children, From The Heart - Ultraviolet with Aida Salazar

    On today's episode of On The Shelf I speak with author Aida Salazar about her newest middle-grade novel, ULTRAVIOLET. Like all of her books this novel touches on elements of identity and social justice. ULTRAVIOLET follows Elio and the ever present ordeal of growing up. Aida and I touch on all of this AND MORE.



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    • 34 min
    And Now For Something Totally Different - The Girl In Question by Tess Sharpe

    And Now For Something Totally Different - The Girl In Question by Tess Sharpe

    For our last May episode I am so excited to welcome back to the show Tess Sharpe! Last March I talked with her about her sapphic YA romance 6 TIMES WE ALMOST KISSED (AND ONE TIME WE DID) (linked below!) and today I get to get the inside scoop about her new (and perhaps her last ever) sequel to THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN, THE GIRL IN QUESTION.



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    • 38 min
    Fight Clubs and Found Family - Girls Night with I.S. Belle

    Fight Clubs and Found Family - Girls Night with I.S. Belle

    Welcome back to the show I.S. Belle! I have previously talked with her twice each about her shared universe containing Zombabe and the Babylove Novellas (and now even more!) but today we're talking about something a little different... her trad pub ya debut, Girls Night! But that's not all, while the fight club novel is the star of the show we also cover how Belle might be fighting fellow ya fight club author Sierra Isley!



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    • 34 min
    How A Research Trip Became the Basis for A 'Killer' Story - Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner

    How A Research Trip Became the Basis for A 'Killer' Story - Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner

    Today on OTS I got to speak with the one and only Lisa Gardner about her newest novel STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE. While being the 3rd book in the FRANKIE ELKIN series you can dive right into this book (and this interview) with little information. In this installment Frankie is at her most conflicted, she is sent out looking for a missing girl but the one sending her on this job is a serial killer with three weeks left to live.



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    • 33 min
    It All Started With A Dream... No Literally - The Last Refuge with Christina Bacilieri

    It All Started With A Dream... No Literally - The Last Refuge with Christina Bacilieri

    Today on what has become the unofficial Birthday Special (thank you all for the support the last few years btw!) I talk with Christina Bacilieri about her debut novel (and book 1 in her debut STEALING SANCTUARY trilogy) THE LAST REFUGE.

    I had a lot of fun learning about Christina and her novel especially its rather unique origins!



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    • 25 min
    Writing A Story for The People That Need It Most - Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson

    Writing A Story for The People That Need It Most - Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson

    Today I had the absolute pleasure of talking with T.L. Simpson about his debut YA novel STRONG LIKE YOU. We discuss how his previous work in journalism, especially on the crime beat, impacted and helped form the story and how he set out to to write this story for those who need it most.



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    • 35 min

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