She is also the next author in our Authors Visiting in Des Moines series! Amanda will be in Des Moines on Thursday, April 21, at 7:00 PM at the Central Library. Doors open at 6:00 PM for this free event, and seating is first-come, first-served. More information can be found at dmpl.org/avid.
During today’s podcast Amanda talks about her family’s personal experience with cults, which cultish groups she wished she had the space to write about in her book, and what movie she says put linguistics on the map!
Show Notes
Amanda's Books
Sounds Like a Cult
Amanda on Instagram
Beyond the Shelves Episode 3: Cross-Genre Picks
DMPL Podcast: AViD Author Sarah Penner
Beyond the Shelves E2: AViD and Favorite Book-to-Film Adaptations
Sara Broers, author of '100 Things to Do in Iowa Before You Die'
Beyond the Shelves E1: Reading Resolutions
Sean Adams, Author of 'The Thing in the Snow' and Moderator for Author Spotlight: Stephen Markley
Iowa Children's Author Victor D.O. Santos
Atmospheric Book Picks with Rebecca
Iowa Author Award Honoree Heather Gudenkauf
Banned Books Week with the ACLU of Iowa
2022 All-Iowa Reads Author Rachel Mans McKenny
AViD Author Karin Slaughter
Spark Stories: Dr. Richard L. Deming
'Baking Blue Ribbons' with Kay Fenton Smith
Series Starters with Haley
Chuy Renteria, author of 'We Heard It When We Were Young'
Romance Read Recs from Book Chat
DMPL Podcast: AViD Author Jason Mott
Beth Hoffman, Author of 'Bet the Farm'
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Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Fresh Air
Myths and Legends