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The episode features an interview with best-selling author Mary Kay Andrews discussing her career and latest novel.

They say “Summer begins with MKA” and we are thrilled to welcome New York Times best-selling author Mary Kay Andrews this summer to Books, Beach, & Beyond. Mary Kay Andrews is the author of thirty-three novels and a cookbook. In June, St. Martin’s Press published her 34th novel Road Trip. Your hosts and Mary Kay talk about how publishing has changed since her first book in 1992 and how writing for a newspaper helped in writing her novels. Then they dig into Road Trip with a “road trip” in...

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Hosts: Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books

Guest: Mary Kay Andrews

Topics covered

• summer reading
• publishing changes
• novel writing
• author interview
• Road Trip

Keywords

• Mary Kay Andrews
• Road Trip
• novels
• publishing
• summer reading

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Martin’s Press

Books & works: Road Trip

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