Cleveland, OH - Evergreen Podcasts launches The Plotpoint, an author-interview podcast hosted by award-winning filmmaker and author Leslie Zemeckis and bestselling author Sara DiVello. Each episode delivers powerful conversations with internationally acclaimed authors, distilled into just 20 minutes of writing wisdom and creative inspiration. The Plotpoint premieres March 4, 2026 with new episodes releasing monthly on the first Wednesday. The debut episode welcomes Patricia Cornwell, dubbed the “queen of crime fiction,” ahead of the release of Amazon Prime’s Scarpetta, the highly anticipated adaptation of her bestselling novel. On The Plotpoint, Cornwell reveals her struggles — she received so many rejections she almost gave up on her dream of becoming an author. Her first signing was a bust: every bookstore in town refused to host her...except for a religious bookstore, who agreed to do it if she would give a free case of books. Not a single person attended, but one man perused her book then threw it across the room and and a woman asked her to throw away her dirty tissue. She reflects on how it feels now on the other side of stratospheric success, having sold more than 100 million books, with a series set to stream on Amazon Prime starring Nicole Kidman alongside Jamie Lee Curtis. She shares the secrets to her craft, her thoughts on AI, and how feels herself to be a "humble scribe." Upcoming guests include Walter Mosley who has earned a Grammy, four-time NAACP image awards, the PEN America Lifetime Achievement award, and National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (the first Black man to receive this award), as well as many, many other awards; bestselling author Wally Lamb, a three-time Oprah’s Book Club selection, winer of the Pushcart Prize, the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Connecticut Center for the Book's Lifetime Achievement Award; the prolific Jeffrey Archer who has sold over 320 million copies worldwide across 42 works translated into 33+ languages, and whose book, KANE AND ABEL, remains one of the top-10 bestselling books in history; and the clinically astute Abraham Verghese, a two-time Oprah Book Club pick, whose first book CUTTING FOR STONE spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list, and whose books have sold millions of copies. The Plotpoint is built for readers, writers, and anyone chasing success while navigating real life. To catch these fast-paced, insightful conversations, subscribe to The Plotpoint on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen. And remember, writing is the best revenge. For media inquiries, please contact Michelle Bega at Asylum Inc. or Samantha Morganti at Evergreen Podcasts
