Today, I’m talking to Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of the upcoming thriller Mother Daughter Sister Stranger. Hank had sent what she calls a “best-it-could-be” draft of the book to her editor, when her editor turned it back around and told her to cut an entire point of view. That’s a tough message to hear when an author thinks they’ve already crossed the finish line. How did she do it?
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HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is the USA Today bestselling author of 17 thrillers including MOTHER DAUGHTER SISTER STRANGER and ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, the 2026 Mary Higgins Clark Award winner. She’s won every major mystery award, and her thrillers are translated into multiple languages worldwide. Her fiction is inspired by a lifetime of investigating true crime as an on-air reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, winning multiple journalism honors, including an unprecedented 37 Emmys. A TedX speaker and in-demand literary moderator, national reviewers call her “a superb and gifted storyteller.” A Chicago native with Indianapolis roots, Ryan lives in Boston.
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