234: Female Friendships, Shifters, Secrets, and Series: An Interview with Lauren Dane

Summary: Sarah interviews author Lauren Dane about her Diablo Lake series. The newest book in the series, Diablo Lake: Protected, came out at the end of January. This is a rather indulgent episode - it’s a big treat to get to talk to the author of a book one really liked, and to take a nerdy deep dive into a world that one enjoyed. They talk about female friendships, world building in fantasy and paranormal romance, and about the ways people assume and approach roles of power and authority in literature and in real life. NOTE: There are mild spoilers for the Diablo Lake series, because there is some discussion about specific events in the books, but I’ve tried to keep the plot spoilers to a minimum. We talk a lot about the world, and the characters and interconnected groups within it, and my hope is that this makes you curious about the series.