Crude, Rude, and Setting the Mood: An Interview with Therese O'Neill

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FYREBIRDS and the Women of 1920s Prohibition, Revisited

Season 5, Episode 9. It's FYREBIRDS month on The Exploress! I'm celebrating the release of my second novel, and the conclusion of the NIGHTBIRDS series, by revisiting an old episode from our season on the 1920s: the one where we talk about the women who skirted the P ...

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NIGHTBIRDS: Let's Talk Spoilers

It's FYREBIRDS month on The Exploress! To celebrate the release of my second novel, and the conclusion of the NIGHTBIRDS series, I'm sharing an episode of my other podcast, Pub Dates, where I've been taking listeners behind the scenes on this series' creation. In thi ...

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