1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our Library Laura Podcast guest is Emily VanderBent. She's the author of&amp;nbsp;Crimson Time,&amp;nbsp;a YA Historical Fantasy novel, and is releasing the second book in that series,&amp;nbsp;Fractured Past, in December 2021. She loves looking at the untold and underrepresented stories of women in history, as well as presenting history in a different light through fantasy fiction. In addition to being an author, she's a historian and an author coach with New Degree Press. We have a great conversation about with lots of book recommendations, as well as stories about the reading and writing life.&amp;nbsp; Pick up a copy of Emily's book, visit her website, and follow her on Instragram @emilyvanderbent_author Books from today's episode are on the Library Laura storefront on bookshop.org Follow the Library Laura Podcast on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and on the Podcast Blog.&amp;nbsp; The Library Laura Podcast http://librarylaura.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/20199263/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/5c7560/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/109625888