What to Read Next Podcast l Book Recommendation Show Creators & Guests

Christina Hobbs is one half of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling writing duo, Christina Lauren. Along with her longtime writing partner Lauren Billings they have published twenty-seven novels including the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Dating You / Hating You, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, The Unhoneymooners, In A Holidaze and The Soulmate Equation.

Jenny Holiday is a USA Today-bestselling and RITA-nominated author of romance novels.

Adriana Herrera was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last 15 years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people, getting unapologetic happy endings.When she’s not dreaming up love stories, planning logistically complex vacations with her family, or hunting for discount Broadway tickets, she’s a trauma therapist in New York City, working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence.Her debut novel, American Dreamer, has been featured on Entertainment Weekly, NPR, and was one of the TODAY Show on NBC’s Hot Beach Reads picks. She’s one of the co-creators of the Queer Romance PoC Collective and serves as the president for the Romance Writers of America New York City Chapter.

USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson―aka #thewritinglush―enjoys sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart funny contemporary romances include Too Good to Be Real and her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series: Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy. A former high school English and Theatre teacher, she spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet cutes. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, their two redhead daughters, and one very large dog.

Farrah Rochon is a romance novelist, writer, and author of the book The Boyfriend Project.

Lauren Billings is one half of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling writing duo, Christina Lauren. Along with her longtime writing partner Christina Hobbs they have published twenty-seven novels including the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Dating You / Hating You, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, The Unhoneymooners, In A Holidaze and The Soulmate Equation.

Sarah MacLean is a New York Times bestselling American author of young adult novels and romance novels. Her first adult romance novel, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, where it stayed for four weeks. Since then, all of her adult romance novels have been on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Since February 2014, MacLean has written a monthly romance novel review column for The Washington Post. She is a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Historical Romance for A Rogue by Any Other Name in 2013 and No Good Duke Goes Unpunished in 2014. She's also the co-host of the Fated Mates podcast.