How NY Times Bestselling Author Jayne Ann Krentz Writes

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Award-winning and NY Times bestselling author, Jayne Ann Krentz, spoke to me about how persistence has defined her career, why you need to describe your core story in three words, and her latest thriller, “Sleep No More.”

Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of over 50 consecutive New York Times bestsellers with over 40 million copies of her books in print. She currently writes under three pseudonyms and her award-winning books have earned her the title of “Queen of Romantic Suspense.”

Her latest is Sleep No More, the first novel of the Lost Night Files series, described as a “... new romantic suspense trilogy about a night that changed three women forever—but that none of them can remember.”

Kirkus Reviews called the book, “A richly layered mystery full of pleasing paranormal elements from a master of the genre,” and Booklist wrote, in a starred review, “[Krentz] skillfully [taps] into the current vogue for true-crime podcasts with her heroine’s side hustle while at the same giving a clever nod to the eternal appeal of the Gothic …”

Jayne Ann earned a BA in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and went on to obtain a Master’s degree in library science from San Jose State University in California.

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In this file Jayne Ann Krentz and I discussed:

• Her warnings against using multiple pseudonyms
• How she invented the Futuristic Romance subgenre
• Finding her niche and why each writer has a unique universe
• Why she doesn't love police procedurals
• Leaning into dreams and the paranormal
• And a lot more!

Show Notes:

• JayneAnnKrentz.com
• Sleep No More by Jayne Ann Krentz (Amazon)
• Jayne Ann Krentz Amazon Author Page
• Jayne Ann Krentz on Instagram
• Jayne Ann Krentz on Facebook
• Jayne Ann Krentz Twitter
• Kelton Reid on Twitter

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