Deborah Goodrich Royce, REEF ROAD: A Novel

January 29, 2023

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Episode Description

In this special episode (a live event during publication week!), Zibby interviews former actress and author Deborah Goodrich Royce about Reef Road, a brilliant, absorbing, and expertly-paced psychological thriller about two women whose lives collide when a severed hand washes ashore in Palm Beach, Florida. Deborah talks about the real crime that impacted her personal life and inspired the story, her love of dual timelines and shocking twists (and her tricks for accomplishing them), her best advice for aspiring authors, and the artistic process behind her striking book cover.


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