#19: From Forensics to Dark Romance: Brynne Weaver’s Journey

This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Brynne Weaver, the dark romance powerhouse behind Butcher & Blackbird and the upcoming Tourist Season. From neuroscience labs to bestselling novels, Brynne’s journey is anything but ordinary. The two get into how TikTok helped write Butcher & Blackbird and where production is at on the adaptation. Then Brynne shares how Tourist Season came to be, the hardest parts, and what’s next in the series!  CHAPTERS:  0:00 Introduction  1:08 Brynne and Hot Peppers  3:27 Archeaology to Neuroscience to Author 6:59 How Butcher and Blackbird was born 8:31 Sloane and Rowan 11:16 The Power of #BookTok 14:35 Olivia Rodrigo x Butcher & Blackbird 16:14 Most memorable author moments 18:53 “Romance isn’t a real genre” 19:45 Body Farms… and other book research 21:51 Everything we know about the adaptation of Butcher & Blackbird 29:45 Welcome to Tourist Season 31:48 Tourist season playlist 32:54 Hardest part of writing Tourist Season  35:15 Alzheimer's research from Brynne’s past career 39:47 Tourist Season vs. B&B 41:00 Brynne’s favourite dark romance books 42:50 Hobbies outside of writing 43:17 Tourist Season acknowledgments  47:22 Brynne’s top 3 tourist spots 48:37 Where is Brynne going on tour? FOLLOW US: Brynne Weaver TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brynneweaverbooks?lang=en  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brynne_weaver/?hl=en  Find her books at Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/brynne-weaver/  Find her books at Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tourist-season-brynne-weaver/1147291861  Morgann Book TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morgannbook?lang=en  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morgannbook/?hl=en  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MorgannBook  Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/morgannbook  Off The Shelf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offtheshelf.podcast/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@offtheshelf.podcast?lang=en  Hosted by: Morgann Book Created by: Bookish Media, Morgann Book, and Thomas Johnston  Executive Producers: Morgann Book & Thomas Johnston  Produced by: Stefanie Macchiusi Edited by: Ricki Biramontes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.