The Broads Talk Books With: Mona Awad

Welcome to our BONUS series: The Broads Talk Books With. This is where we talk to some of the authors we’ve recommended, or will recommend soon, and nerd out about books.

In this episode, we’ve got Mona Awad! We've recommended both of her books:

• Bunny, from Episode 22 (and Amy picked it as her favorite of 2019)

• Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, from Episode 15

See links to all the books Mona recommends below!

We've got more great authors coming your way in this new BONUS series. Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every episode of this bonus series will come to you direct. Like magic. 

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Favorite books as a teen:

• Diaries of Anais Nin

• The Lover, Marguerite Duras

Classics she loved:

• Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

• Jean Rhys

• Daphne DuMaurier

• Shirley Jackson

Books that made her want to write:

• Dorothy Parker

• The Torn Skirt, Rebecca Godfrey

Books on her TBR pile:

• Night Boat to Tangier, Kevin Barry

• Hidden Bodies, Caroline Kepnes (Recommended in Broads and Books Episode 3: Haters Gonna Hate)

• (Reread) Slade House, David Mitchell

A book that's surprised her recently:

• The Heavens, Sandra Newman

How she finds book recommendations:

• Booksellers

• Writers, especially Lauren Acamparo, author of The Paper Wasp

Classic horror/scary favorites:

• Slade House, David Mitchell

• Hangsaman and Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

• The Pisces, Melissa Broder

Favorite books about body image:

• American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis

• The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro

Authors she wanted to meet and did:

• Emma Donaghue

• Kelly Link

• Aimee Bender

• Jeanette Winterson

Books she demand everyone read:

• Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell

• Anything by Jean Rhys

• The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro

Current pop culture obsessions:

• British skinfluencers on YouTube, including Caroline Hirons, Nadine Baggott, Sali Hughes (Plus American Gothamista)

• Marion Keyes’ vlogs

Screenwriter for BUNNY pilot at AMC: Megan Mostyn-Brown

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