S04.36: Jude Deveraux: Trailblazer

Published: May 25, 2022, 8 a.m.

Our Trailblazer episodes continue this week with Jude Deveraux, an early historical romance author who broke several publishing barriers over her more than forty year career. \n\nIn this episode, we talk about her journey through the Wild West of romance in the late 1970s, her publishing career at Avon Books, Pocket Books and Ballantine. We talk about the judgement and misogyny that circles romance, the buying power of readers, and the way the genre and bookselling has changed. We also talk about her writing process, and what it\u2019s like to be Jude Deveraux. This one is a real joy for us, as we wouldn\u2019t be the readers or writers we are without Jude Deveraux.