{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"John Searles: Single Girls","description":" John Searles joins Carol Fitzgerald to talk about his new novel, SINGLE GIRLS, a work of dramatic fiction set in the 1960s. It focuses on Helen Gurley Brown and the team of women she assembled who transformed Cosmopolitan into one of the best-selling magazines of all time. A Bookreporter Bets On selection, the book has been compared to \u201cMad Men\u201d and \u201cSex and the City.\u201d John worked at Cosmopolitan and shares his encounters with Helen through the years. The novel is deeply informed by real events, Helen's memoirs, published biographies, and his personal knowledge of the editors who worked there. John had always wanted to write about Helen and had told her so during their friendship, but he had been constrained by publishing expectations to stay within his established genre: suspense\/thrillers. The audiobook is narrated by his friend, Amy Ryan, who starred in the film adaptation of his earlier novel, STRANGE BUT TRUE. Carol worked at Mademoiselle, and during their conversation, she shares her background there and how she navigated her early career before leaving Cond\u00e9 Nast and starting The Book Report Network almost 30 years ago. Our Latest \u201cBookreporter Talks To\u201d Interviews: Jenny Jackson: https:\/\/youtu.be\/V116A5eBBBE Beatriz Williams: https:\/\/youtu.be\/d554V2bGHSQ Lori Foster: https:\/\/youtu.be\/C2xlNPgKjm0 Lisa See: https:\/\/youtu.be\/5UpTJ_YAnxE Ruta Sepetys: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Mv9XRWohkjs Kathryn Stockett: https:\/\/youtu.be\/-mNe-Y9CctQ Susan Patterson: https:\/\/youtu.be\/jvZjwDq_dUw Jane Harper: https:\/\/youtu.be\/PTqqPXbbX8A Devi S. Laskar: https:\/\/youtu.be\/FR-6fGxBUS4 Allison Pataki: https:\/\/youtu.be\/5I4q_OFCiTg Our Latest \u201cBookaccino Live\u201d Book Group Events: Bruce Holsinger: https:\/\/youtu.be\/wwQjtlPePBQ Wally Lamb: https:\/\/youtu.be\/-eMtMznKoVE Laura Dave: https:\/\/youtu.be\/RRWrSjdxyrc Lisa Ridz\u00e9n: https:\/\/youtu.be\/dleYdLoh0bY Patrick Ryan: https:\/\/youtu.be\/keazeWK1lto Lily King: https:\/\/youtu.be\/_yo2x2ZA0B0 Sign up for newsletters from Bookreporter and Reading Group Guides here: https:\/\/tbrnetwork.com\/newsletters\/ FOLLOW US on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bookreporter Website: https:\/\/www.bookreporter.com Art Credit: Tom Fitzgerald Edited by Jordan Redd Productions   ","author_name":"Bookreporter Talks To","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bookreporter.com\/","html":"