No Write Way with V. E. Schwab

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S5 E1 Karin Slaughter: A Cabin in the Woods

August 12, 2026

For the first episode of Season Five, I’m joined by Karin Slaughter, bestselling author of Pretty Girls and her latest, The Secrets We Hide, for a conversation about writing stories that are dark, strange, and unapologetically intense. We talk about the particular experience of being a woman who writes this kind of work, the strange expectations that come with being taken seriously, and what happens when you commit fully to a story and see it all the way through.Karin also lets us into her wr...

S4 E8 - Trapping “Evelyn Clarke” (Cat Clarke + V.E. Schwab)

April 01, 2026

Some books are a surprise, even to the people who wrote them.For the final episode of the season, Jenna takes the reins and turns the mic on Cat Clarke and me (V.E. Schwab), the two halves of Evelyn Clarke, to talk about our debut novel and the very unexpected path that led us here.We get into the origin story, how a writer who swore she’d never co-write (it me) and another who had stepped away from publishing entirely somehow found themselves building a book together. We talk about the craft...

S4 E7 - Trapping Ayana Gray: Cheese, a loaf of bread, and a ticket to a wildlife trust in Kenya.

March 25, 2026

Some books reclaim the stories we thought we already knew.This week, I’m joined by Ayana Gray, author of Beasts of Prey and her latest, I, Medusa, for a conversation that begins with origin stories and winds its way through the very particular internet experiences of a millennial upbringing—back when blogs were everything and a place called Twitter still existed.We talk about learning what was “allowed” on the page, and the quiet realization that there was never a rulebook to begin with. Ayan...