Author Insider
Panio Gianopoulos, Chris Duffy, Jennifer Reid, MD, Maya Shankar, Ashely Alker MDInside the business of being a writer.
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The Easiest Publicity Move Most Authors Ignore
During a recent interview with Mark Oppenheimer, I asked him about his publicity strategy for his upcoming biography, Judy Blume: A Life. I expected the standard answer: podcast tours, op-ed placements, maybe a social media push.
Video Replay: How Do You Tell the Truth About a Life?
In my latest Author Insider Q&A, I sat down with journalist and biographer Mark Oppenheimer, whose new book, Judy Blume: A Life, chronicles the life and times of one of the most beloved writers of the past half-century.
Mothers, Daughters, and Deadlines
Irena Smith writes about ambition, motherhood, and memory—ideally, under the duress of a self-inflicted deadline. The author of The Golden Ticket, her sharp and tender memoir about life inside the college admissions machine, Smith has recen...
Inside Hybrid Publishing
For decades, most aspiring authors had one clear goal: land an agent and secure a book deal with one of the “Big Five” publishers (well, the “Big Six” back in the day).
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Writer, book editor, and co-founder of the Next Big Idea Club (a nonfiction subscription book club). I share book recs, interview authors & publishing pros for Author Insider ("the business of being a writer"), and occasionally share my own work.
My book, HUMOR ME: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected and Happy, is out now!
Dr. Jennifer Reid is a psychiatrist, award-winning educator, and creator & host of A Mind of Her Own. She is also the author of Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations, with Penguin Life, available now.
Maya Shankar is the host of A Slight Change of Plans and a cognitive scientist who founded the White House Behavioral Science Team under President Obama and served as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the UN.
Ashley Alker is an emergency medicine physician improving public health | Consultant & medical screenwriter for 20+ shows on Netflix, HBO, and Disney | Author of 99 Ways to Die and How to Avoid Them (Macmillan, Jan 2026)
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