We’re joined by Kennedy Ryan, a Top 100 Amazon bestseller, to chat about her newest release, Block Shot. We also fan girl over our love of Long Shot and talk about her deeply involved research process for that book and what it taught her about survivors of domestic violence.
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Highlights from our conversation include:
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- What inspired her to write something as dark and powerful as Long Shot
- How she spoke to numerous survivors of domestic violence in an attempt to make the story as authentic as possible
- All about her newest release, Block Shot, which is a standalone in the same world as Long Shot–it’s enemies to lovers between two competing sports agents!
- Her other series that includes Flow, Grip, and Still
- How sometimes the story or ideas just come to her and flow out of her
- Her efforts to raise autism awareness and her foundation to support families living with autism
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Books mentioned in this episode:
Block Shot by Kennedy Ryan
Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
Grip by Kennedy Ryan
Flow by Kennedy Ryan
Still by Kennedy Ryan
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston