I’m really excited to introduce you to this week’s guest, Denny S. Bryce. She is brilliant, thoughtful, and the kind of writer who knows how to place our stories back where they belong.

If you are drawn to the worlds of Bridgerton or The Gilded Age, this conversation will feel familiar, but richer. There is a depth here that goes beyond the aesthetic and into the truth of who we have always been.

Fresh off the heels of The Other Princess, Denny joins me to talk about her writing process, her perspective on historical fiction, and her newest book, Can’t We Be Friends, co-written with Eliza Knight. This novel brings to life the unexpected and powerful friendship between Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe.

Set in the 1950s, it explores what it meant for two women, both navigating fame, pressure, and limitation, to ...