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Interview with Lauren Thoman - I'LL STOP THE WORLD

Interview with Lauren Thoman - I'LL STOP THE WORLD

In this interview, Lauren and I discuss I'll Stop the World, being selected by Mindy Kaling's new imprint, time travel and how she incorporated it into her story, the 1980s, selecting character names, source of the title and how song lyrics can be used in book titles, and much more.

In this interview, Lauren and I discuss I'll Stop the World, being selected by Mindy Kaling's new imprint, time travel and how she incorporated it into her story, the 1980s, selecting character names, source of the title and how song lyrics can be used in book titles, and much more.

Lauren's recommended reads are:

  1. She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
  2. Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

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Lauren Thoman lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, two children, and a rotating number of dogs and fish. Her pop culture writing has appeared in numerous online outlets including Parade, Vulture, and Collider. When she's not writing, she's probably on the hunt for tacos or coffee, or buried underneath a pile of dogs.