We first sat down with Andrea Barton back when The Godfather of Dance came out; now she's back to mark the completion of her five-book Jade Riley Mysteries series!
In this episode, Andrea unpacks the decade-long journey behind the series: how a psychologist named Tara Wells became journalist Jade Riley, why the book she wrote first (The Desert Thief) ended up published last, and how thirteen years living as an expat in Lagos, Houston, and Doha shaped the setting and stakes of each novel. She also opens up about traditional vs. hybrid publishing, what it's like pitching a series book by book, and gives us a first look at her next project… a climate-science thriller set partly in Antarctica.
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