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Bookwild
On Tuesdays, Kate Hergott talks with authors about their books and writing processes. On Fridays, Kate talks with different co-host Bookstagrammers and BookTubers about a variety of bookish topics.
Episodes
BookwildElizabeth Rose Quinn's Follow Me: A Thrilling Takedown of Mommy-Influencer Culture
This week, I got to talk with Elizabeth Rose Quinn about her new thriller Follow Me! We dive into the personal inspiration for this book, and how cathartic it…
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More Kindle Unlimited Thrillers We Love
Gare, Steph and I share more Kindle Unlimited thrillers so you can basically read for free.Blacktop WastelandValentineThe Devil and Mrs DavenportFracturedThe…
BookwildEmily Carpenter's Gothictown: Southern Hospitality Turns Out to Be Anything But Hospitable
This week, I got to chat with Emily Carpenter about her new horror-thriller Gothictown. We dive into how a newspaper article she saw during the pandemic…
BookwildAshley Winstead's This Book Will Bury Me: A Roman à Clef About Processing Grief, and True Crime Obsessions
This week, I got to chat with one of our podcast faves ASHLEY WINSTEAD! In her third appearance on the show, we talk about her new thriller, This Book Will…
BookwildMarshall Karp's Don't Tell Me How to Die: A Family Saga, A Dying Woman Looking for Her Replacement, and A Wild Third Act
Today, Gare and I talk with Marshall Karp about his book that we all loved (Gare, Steph and me) Don't Tell Me How To Die. He shares the inspiration for the…
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Books to Read if You Love White Lotus
This week, Gare and I share books we think will cure your White Lotus hangover after the season finale!Books We Talked AboutBorn for ThisIt Could Be…
BookwildNick Kolakowski's Where The Bones Lie: Bodies in Barrels, An LA Fixer and Smugglers
This week, I talk with Nick Kolakowski about his mystery-thriller Where the Bones Lie! We dive into the inspiration for the story, his closeness to one of the…
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Popcorn Thrillers We Love!
This week, Gare and I share some of our favorite popcorn thrillers, AND discuss actors we want to see on future seasons of White Lotus.Books We Talked AboutIf…
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Keeping the Paint Wet: A New Writing Series with Halley Sutton (aka I said I would finish my book this year so I need to get on it)
This week, Halley Sutton and I introduce a new series about writing! I've said on this podcast a few times that I will finish my book this year, and this…
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Books We Wish We Could Erase From Our Memory And Read Again
This week, Gare and I talk about books we wish we could erase from our memories and re-read!Books We DiscussedLocal Woman MissingThe Last Winter of Dani…
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Spring 2025 Thrillers We're Excited About
This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about 2025 thrillers we are excited about!Glitter in the DarkCount My LiesThis Book Will Bury MeImmaculate ConceptionThe…
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Books You Can Easily Escape Into with Gare and Steph
This week, Gare, Steph and I share books that you can easily escape into!Books We Talked AboutWatch Out for HerDon’t Tell Me How to DieNotes On Your Sudden…
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Dark Valentine Thrillers with Halley Sutton
This week, Halley and I dive into recommendations for Dark Valentine coded thrillers!Books We Talked AboutCross My HeartIt Takes MonstersTo Die ForThe Close…
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Heather Levy's This Violent Heart: Mystery, Romance, and Coming of Age
This week, I go to talk with Heather Levy about her new mystery thriller This Violent Heart! We dive into her inspiration for the book, how her personal…
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Thrillers with Romance with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
This week, we answer a listener request for thrillers with romance. At least, we tried to answer it. Some felt questionable to call romance once we started…
BookwildCarter Wilson's Fast Paced Podcast Thriller Tell Me What You Did
This week, I talk with Carter Wilson about his new page turner Tell Me What You Did. We dive into the inspiration for Poe's name, what got him writing about a…
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Going Bookwild in Manhattan with Jamie Hergott
After three days of bookish tourism, my sister-in-law Jamie and I recapped our trip while we waited to board at LaGuardia. We dove into Liz and Greg's Trust…
BookwildJakob Kerr's Gritty Technothriller Dead Money
This week, I got to talk with Jakob Kerr about his new technothriller Dead Money! We dive into hos his experience in Silicon Valley informed the book, why the…
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Our Next 3 TBR Picks with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about the next 3 books on our TBRs!Books We Talked AboutTemperRabbitsVantage PointThe Dark Hours A Long Time GoneA Killer’s…
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Recapping the 33 Movies We Saw in Theaters in 2024 Part Two
Tyler and I finish up our recap of the movies we saw in theaters in 2024!Movies We Talked AboutOddityIt Ends With Us Strange DarlingBlink TwiceSaturday…
BookwildLayne Fargo's The Favorites: Wuthering Heights Meets Figure Skating
This week, Halley Sutton, Steph Lauer and I talk with Layne Fargo about her new book The Favorites! We dive into her inspiration for the book, trips Halley and…
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Mind Benders and Cold Cases with Gare Billings
This week, Gare and I chose our own sub-genres to give recommendations for!I chose "Mind Benders" and Gare chose "Missing Persons/Cold Cases" so if you are…
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Recapping the 33 Movies We Saw in Theaters in 2024 Part One
This week, Tyler joins me to discuss the many movies we saw in 2024 thanks to our AMC membership.Movies We Talked AboutAnyone But YouAmerican…
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More Backlist Thrillers We Want to Read with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
This week, we catch up on how our holidays went, talk about words/phrases of the year for 2025, and share ore backlist thrillers we want to read!Books We…
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The Ways I Went Bookwild in 2024
There isn't an author interview this Tuesday, so I did a year in review solo episode! I dive into everything that happened with Bookwild in 2024, including…
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2025 Books We Can't Wait to Read with Gare Billings and Halley Sutton
This week, Halley, Gare and I catch up and also share 2025 book releases we are super excited about!Books We Talked AboutThis Book Will Bury MeBeautiful…
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Hyped Books Recommendations with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
This week, Gare, Steph and each chose a hyped book and share three books like it that deserve more hype!Kate's Books Like The Guest List (And White Lotus)The…
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Some of Our Favorite Subgenres with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
This week, Gare, Steph and I chose our own genres to pick books from, and tried to guess what each other picked based on our choices! Listen and you can play…
BookwildSagit Schwartz's Broken Threads: Ageism in Publishing and Social Media, And the Writer's Battle Against AI
This week, I talk with Sagit Schwartz about her new short story thriller Broken Threads! We dive into the inspiration for the story, the fun of writing short…
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Some of Our Favorite Books We Read in 2024 with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
This week, Gare and Steph and I share SOME of our favorite books we read in 2024! I have to add that we all had plenty of others we loved, and it was hard to…
BookwildYou're Never Too Old to Start Writing with Karen E. Osborne
This week, I talk with Karen E. Osborne about how she published her first book at 69, and continued publishing more! We dive into the grit and grace that…
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The Difference Between Twists and Reveals, But Also, Gladiator II, A Man on the Inside and a Writing Challenge with Halley Sutton
Halley Sutton is back this week, and per usual, we cover ALL the things! We dive into the visuals of Gladiator II vs the plot, Michael Schur's A Man on the…
BookwildPip Drysdale's The Close Up: Hollywood, A Stalker, and A Book Within a Book
This week, I talk with Pip Drysdale about her new Hollywood thriller The Close Up! We dive into her inspiration for the book, how she made LA come to life, and…
BookwildVictor Methos' The Silent Watcher: A Guardian, A Survivor, A Detective and a Terrifying Serial Killer
This week, I talk with Victor Methos about his chilling new legal thriller The Silent Watcher. We dive into how Batman inspired the story, how Victor's work as…
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BONUS: Explaining What Can Be Explained in We Used to Live Here *SPOILERS*
I just finished reading We Used to Live Here, and it was truly one of my favorite reading experiences ever! I was annotating and highlighting like a mad woman…
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Winter Thriller Releases We Are Excited for with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
This week, Gare, Steph and I are talking about thrillers we are excited to read that will be released between December 2024-February 2025!Books We Talked…
BookwildEmma Dues' Return to Midnight: A Massacre in a Victorian House, Dual Timelines and Ballerinas
This week, I talk with Emma Dues about her stunningly creepy debut thriller Return to Midnight! We dive into the inspo for the book, how teaching affects her…
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Female Rage Thrillers with Halley Sutton
This week, Halley and I once again commit to one subject, and end up covering multiple. On top of some great female rage thriller recommendations, we dive into…
BookwildJan Gangsei's Dead Below Deck: A Backwards Timeline, A Deadly Cruise and Complex Female Friendships
This week, I got to talk with Jan Gangsei about her salacious new thriller Dead Below Deck! We dive into how the idea came to her, how she chose to structure…
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Thrillers from Indigenous Authors with Vanessa Lillie and Gare Billings
This week Vanessa Lillie and Gare “Bleak” Billings share recommendations from Indigenous authors for Native American Heritage Month, and I think I might be…
BookwildEmma. C Wells' This Girl's a Killer: A Feminist Vigilante, Preying on Male Predators, And Chosen Family
This week, I got to talk with Emma C. Wells about her stunning debut serial killer thriller This Girl's a Killer! We dive into her inspiration for the book…
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Backlist Books We Want to Read with Gare and Steph
This week, Gare, Steph and I share backlist books we really want to read. We also manage to sneak in two that aren't even really backlist, but we still want to…
BookwildKatherine Greene's The Lake of Lost Girls: Mixed Media, Missing Girls and The 90s
This week I got to talk with writing duo Katherine Greene, made up of A. Meredith Walters and Claire C. Riley. We dive into how they became friends and writing…
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Scandals: Evelyn Hugo, Hollywood Babylon, and More with Halley Sutton
This week, Halley Sutton and I talk about scandals both fictional and non-fictional!Books, Movies, Docs We Talked AboutThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoThe Sin…
BookwildDanielle Trussoni's The Puzzle Box: Savant Syndrome, Puzzle Masters and a Japanese Puzzle Box
This week, I talk with Danielle Trussoni about her new installment in The Puzzle Series, The Puzzle Box! We dive into how she created this genre-mashup of a…
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Ranking Our Top Three from Auto-Buy Authors with Gare and Steph
This week, Gare, Steph and I share some of our auto-buy authors and rank the top 3 books we've read of theirs!Books We Talked AboutAmina AkhtarKismetAlmost…
BookwildAlexis Henderson's An Academy for Liars: Psychological Magic, Dark Academia and Consent
This week, I talk with Alexis Henderson about her new dark academia, psychological magic thriller An Academy for Liars. We dive into her initial idea for the…
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Tell Me Lies Season 2 Recap, Reactions and Predictions *SPOILERS*
Time for a bonus episode!! I've had so much fun talking to so many of you about Tell Me Lies, and I just had to do an episode on my thoughts now that we've all…
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Hyped Books We Want to Read with Halley Sutton
This week, Halley Sutton joins me to talk about hyped books we have on our TBRs but haven't gotten to reading yet. We also, somehow, accidentally, platform…
BookwildCarinn Jade's The Astrology House: A Group Getaway, An Astrologist with a Secret, and Free Will vs Fate
This week, I talk with Carinn Jade about her deliciously twisty thriller The Astrology House. We dive into her lifelong interest in astrology, the inspiration…
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Great Thrillers on Kindle Unlimited with Gare Billings & Steph Lauer
This week, Gare, Steph and I share thrillers on Kindle Unlimited that you just have to read!KU Books We Talked AboutFatal IntrusionThe InmateReal EasyThe…
BookwildRob Hart and Alex Segura's Dark Space: Espionage, Conspiracies and A Mission Gone Wrong
This week, I talk with Rob Hart and Alex Segura about their new space thriller Dark Space. We dive into their world building, their joint writing process, and…
BookwildSusan Walter's Running Cold: An Olympic Biathlete, An Eerie Hotel, And So Many POVs
This week, I talk with Susan Walter about her new skiing related thriller Running Cold. We dive into how the Banff Springs Hotel felt like it deserved a murder…
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Halley's Egypt Trip, Books We've Loved, Strange Darling, Oddity & The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
This week, I catch up with Halley Sutton who just got back from her trip to Egypt. She shares highlights from the trip, and books she read while there…
BookwildLauren Ling Brown's Society of Lies: Secret Societies, Complex Sister Relationships and Dark Academia
This week, I talk with Lauren Ling Brown about her debut dark academia thriller Society of Lies! We dive into the inspiration for the idea, the moral dilemma…
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Thrillers with Podcasts with Gare and Steph
In "honor" of National Podcast Day on September 30, Gare, Steph and I share some of our favorite thrillers with podcasts in the plots!Books We Talked AboutThe…
BookwildDamian McCarthy's Oddity: A Paranormal Horror Whodunit Thriller
This week, I talk with Damian McCarthy about his genre-mashup, paranormal horror thriller Oddity. We dive into how he crafted plot around visuals, and how he…
BookwildAudra McElyea's Hush, Dear Sister: An Ex-Hollywood Star, A Haunted Mansion and The Red Carpet Killer
This week, I talk with Audra McElyea about her newest thriller Hush Dear Sister. We dive into the inspiration behind the story, the Gothic mansion as its own…
BookwildMarjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran: Friendship, Feminism and Religious Fundamentalism
This week, I talk with Marjan Kamali about her beautiful novel about friendship, The Lion Women of Tehran. We dive into how the book covers the nature of…
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What to Read If You're Obsessed with Tell Me Lies
This week, Gare, Steph and I share books to read if the sleazy, sexy, toxic, dark academia of Tell Me Lies has you in a chokehold! Books We Talked…