The Politics of Justice #2 – My Life in Judged: How Olivia and Casey Reflect My Own Story
In this second episode of The Politics of Justice, I walk through Chapters 4–10 of my legal thriller Judged and uncover the personal history woven into Olivia and Casey’s early stories. These chapters explore themes that come directly from my own life—growing up Black in predominantly white spaces, navigating complicated family dynamics, and watching how […]
Episode 62: A Time to Thrill – Conversation with Aime Austin – featuring Caitlyn O’Leary
It’s Caitlyn O’Leary! I think she’ll be my fourth SEAL author! Today, we finally find out what makes SEALs so arresting! This episode is sponsored by Audible. (Click my link for many great offers from Audible.) My recent audiobooks: Julie Chan is Dead, and Beautiful Ugly. Let’s chat. I have *so* many questions. You can […]
The Politics of Justice #1 – The Personal Politics That Shaped Judged: Race, Alcoholism, and the System
In this first episode of The Politics of Justice, I revisit the opening chapters of Judged—the story that launched the Casey Cort series and, in many ways, the story that shaped me. These chapters are rooted in my real life: • growing up as a Black girl trying to fit into an overwhelmingly white school […]
A Special November Announcement…or Apology
OMG I’m *mortified* My November episode is in iris.fm processing limbo. As soon as I can get it out of the cloud and edited, I’ll have it up on the feed. In the meantime, I have 60 other episodes that you should listen to, if you haven’t already. Some fan favorite episodes include: Episode 34: […]
Episode 61: A Time to Thrill – Conversation with Aime Austin – featuring Sarah Vance-Tompkins
Meet Sarah Vance-Tompkins. Though she was born in Michigan, she’s a local to Southern California. I can’t wait for you to hear our chat about weather that’s not weather and the path from fiction to mystery. [Please support my sponsor, Audible. Check out mine and 1000s of books @Audible] Let’s chat. I have *so* many […]