About this episode

Stacey Abrams discusses her latest political thriller 'Coded Justice' and shares insights on writing in the genre.

Stacey Abrams served eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as minority leader. She was the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in U.S. history. She’s also a prolific NYT bestselling writer across a variety of genres. Stacey has published 17 books over the past 25 years including fiction, nonfiction, romance, memoir, children’s books, political thrillers. She wrote her first novel while still in her third year of law school at Yale. Stacey joins Marrie Stone to talk about her latest political thriller Coded Justice, now out in paperback published by Vintage, and the third in the Avery Keene series which includes While Justice Sleeps and Rogue Justice. For readers who love Avery, you’re in for a serious treat. For writers who work in the political thriller genre, or work in a series and follow characters across multiple books, or are trying to stay ahead of fast-paced technology in your fiction, this conversation is for you. Even if you’re a writer just trying to keep your butt in the chair, or struggle with idea generation, or struggle with how much research to conduct on a topic so you sound like an expert but don’t fall…

People in this episode

Host: Marrie Stone

Guest: Stacey Abrams

Topics covered

• political thriller
• writing advice
• book series
• idea generation
• research in writing

Keywords

• Stacey Abrams
• Coded Justice
• political thriller
• writing advice
• book series

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgia House of Representatives, Vintage, Writers on Writing, Patreon, Ko-fi

Books & works: Coded Justice, While Justice Sleeps, Rogue Justice

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