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234: Female Friendships, Shifters, Secrets, and Series: An Interview with Lauren Dane

Sarah interviews New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lauren Dane about her Diablo Lake series. The newest book in the series, Diablo Lake: Protected, came out at the end of January. This is a rather indulgent episode – it’s a big treat to get to talk to the author of a book one really liked, and to take a nerdy deep dive into a world that one enjoyed. They talk about female friendships, world building in fantasy and paranormal romance, and about the ways people assume and approach roles of power and authority in literature and in real life.

Special note:  There are mild spoilers for the Diablo Lake series, because there is some discussion about specific events in the books, but I’ve tried to keep the plot spoilers to a minimum. We talk a lot about the world, and the characters and interconnected groups within it, and my hope is that this makes you curious about the series.

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As mentioned during the podcast, Lauren Dane was a guest in episode 192, wherein she was interviewed by Kati D. 

You can find Lauren Dane on her website, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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  1. Kati says:

    Whoop Whoop! Two of my favorites! Saving this for my walk tonight!

  2. SB Sarah says:

    LOL! I was thinking of you as I edited this episode – the last one was the interview you did, and it was terrific. I hope you like this one!

  3. Demi says:

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    I’ve been having some issues downloading the podcasts from itunes recently – I’m wondering if it’s the podcast app, or maybe some of the episodes are spazzy?

  4. DonnaMarie says:

    Finally had a chance to listen. Wow! Gotta say one of the best podcasts ever. Thanks for that.

  5. Cristie says:

    I really loved this podcast. And I’m so glad that I bought Moonstruck when it was on sale last week because after finding out the heroine shares my profession I’ m even more excited to read it. I think I’m going to have to one click the 2nd book because I can already tell I’m going to love this series.

  6. Helen R-S says:

    @SB Sarah – is there a reason why we haven’t had transcript notifications for the last two transcripts? I only found them because I was being impatient and checked the podcast entries to see if they were up yet (as it seemed to have been a lot longer than usual). As they don’t normally come out at the same time as the podcast you usually post a notification that the transcript is now up and I appreciate the reminder to go and look 🙂

  7. SB Sarah says:

    Hey Helen! My apologies! When the transcript arrives before the podcast episode goes live, I usually add it in so it all goes up together. But if you’ve been relying on the notifications in a separate entry, I’m more than happy to post that the transcript is ready for each one. Sorry about that – I’ll make sure to do both parts in the future!

  8. Helen R-S says:

    Thanks SB Sarah, that would be great! 🙂

  9. greennily says:

    Thanks so much for that interview! I wanted to read Diablo Lake books for some time, but now I’m glad I hadn’t because it makes so much more sense now, after I’ve heard you guys speak about Southern culture. I’m not from US, so while I know bits and pieces about the South, I wouldn’t have understood or appreciated half of what is going on in Moonstuck. It has really made my reading experience so much better!

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