Summary: Today I’m chatting with Talia Hibbert, author of Wanna Bet, A Girl Like Her, and other books that have been receiving a lot of positive exclamation points online. She’s been writing while finishing an English degree, so we talk about what led her to writing romance, and how her great grandmother inspired her to write what she’d been longing to write. “I wanted to be brave like her.” Among the topics we cover: - Challenging the status quo by telling stories - The incredible allure of heroes in pursuit - The even more incredible allure of pining heroes - in pursuit - Why she writes emotionally fluent heroes - The subversive power of writing large heroines who “have the temerity to find themselves attractive” We also talk about her writing a heroine on the autism spectrum, and what led to the development of that character. Talia’s stories of what inspires her books and characters will appeal to all of you who enjoy a series of superhero actor gif-sets.
