The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast
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For our final episode of 2023, we chat with Anna Pitoniak, whose 4th novel, The Helsinki Affair, has been named a Best Thriller of 2023 by The Washington Post. Anna has long been a fan of spy novels and decided to try her hand at writing the genre. While spy novels have usually been written by and about men, Anna shows that women agents can be just as smart, sly, and ballsy. With a background in the publishing industry, Anna discusses how this experience impacted her journey writing, finding an agent, and working to get her novel into the world.
We also discuss how she is very different from Carrie on the Christmas front and why tacos were not her favorite food from a trip to Mexico (you’ll be surprised by what was.)
Books Discussed in This Episode:
1- The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak
2- Slow Horses by Mick Herron
3- Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak
4- The Looking Glass War by John Le Carre
5- The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carre
6- Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukherji
7- Mr. Lullaby by J.H. Markert
8- The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert
9- The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
10- Speak Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
5 Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Emily Wiggins @emwigsterbookshelf
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Shows mentioned--
1- Slow Horses (Apple +, 2022)
2- Russian Doll (Netflix, 2019)
Season 5 Ep. 106 The Age Old Story of a Sisterhood with guest Grace Sammon
Perks RePlay Ep. 80 Resistance Reading with Guest Farrah Alexander 9-22-21
Season 5 Ep. 105 The Hidden Value of a Book with guest Elizabeth Senn-Alvey 9-15-21
Season 5 Ep. 104 Stories of the Crown with guest St. Clair Detrick-Jules 9-8-21
Season 5 Ep. 103 Travel Expectations with Amber Share and Suzanne Roberts 9-1-21
Season 5 Ep. 102 The Building Books of Empathy with guest Melissa Hart
Season 5 Ep. 101 Rainbow Readers Unite with guest Sanjay Saverimuttu
Season 5 Ep. 100 Globe Trotter with guest Heather Lennon of Arctis Books 8-11-21
Season 5 Ep. 99 Sinister Small Town Teen Suspense with guest Brooke Lauren Davis 8-4-21
Season 5 Ep. 98 Ask the Agent with guest Alice Speilburg
Season 5 Ep. 97 A Bookstore for Kids Galore with guest Caroline Stine
Season 5 Ep. 96 Mastering the Meet Cute with guest Melonie Johnson 7-14-21
Season 5 Ep. 95 The Suspense is Killing Us with guest David Bell 7-7-21
Perks RePlay You Can't Read This with guest Natalie McCall
Perks RePlay A Voice From Cherokee with guest Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle 11-8-20
Season 4 Ep. 94 To Read A "Mockingbird" with guest Ben Self 6-16-21
Season 4 Ep. 93 Speedier Reader with guest Jacqui Isser 6-7-2021
Season 4 Ep.92 Riding and Writing with the Butterflies with guest Sara Dyckman 6-2-21
Season 4 Ep. 91 Summertime and the Reading is Easy with Bookseller Sam Miller 5-26-21
Season 4 Ep. 90 Storytelling in a Steampunk World with guest Maram Taibah 5-19-21
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