#17: How Hannah Bonam-Young Turns Real Life Into Romance

This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Hannah Bonam-Young, author of Out on a Limb and the recently released People Watching. With People Watching releasing on September 9th, they catch up on life, writing, and all the little moments in between (including Taylor Swift’s engagement and how big a deal Halloween is…) The two also dive into: The pregnancy trope done right, what it was like for Hannah to write characters shaped by her own lived experiences, and how People Watching came to be.  CHAPTERS:  00:00 Introduction + Taylor Swift getting engaged 3:05 How Out on a Limb was Born  5:23 Writing a story so close to home 7:35 The power of TikTok 11:16 A pregnancy trope we all love  12:55 The reason they met at a Halloween party  15:55 Reading reviews as an author 17:42 Where these very specific OOL moments came from 20:40 20 questions to fall in love 24:55 Firefighters crashing an event 29:40 The bestie duo between Hannah and Becka Mack 31:00 Dream authors to meet 31:51 ‘People Watching’ Synopsis 35:35 How Prue and Milo came to be 38:13 Hannah’s grandmother says hello 39:05: Prue’s mom’s Alzheimer's (and where it came from) 44:38 Hannah’s FIRST male pov  47:36 Texting in books 50:17 People Watching cover design 52:36 SPOILERS FOR PEOPLE WATCHING! 58:44 The acknowledgements (no spoilers) 1:03:24 Hannah on tour! FOLLOW US: Hannah Bonam-Young TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hannahby_writes  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorhannahby/?hl=en  Find their book(s) on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/stores/author/B09Z8SBCTD  Find their book(s) at Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/hannah-bonam-young/  Find their book(s) at Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/people-watching-hannah-bonam-young/1146662145  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.