Tim Johnson asked Carole Stivers:

https://soundcloud.com/saplpodcast/gene-sciency-stuff-and-the-roomba-personality-quotient?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Not really a question but our podcast discussed Mother Code. We all loved the book. Great job!

Carole Stivers Hi! After having my debut novel published into the void of a burgeoning pandemic, it's rewarding to hear that readers are still picking it up and enjoying it! I listened to and enjoyed your podcast. I do want to tell you that the book was acquired by Berkley in November, 2018. All of the edits had to be completed by October, 2019, in time for publication of the ARCs. Thus, there was no way I could have known about COVID when I wrote it (a process that took about 8 years!). You can only imagine my horror when the pandemic delayed the book launch from May, 2020 to August, 2020, and even then the "conditions on the ground" were too much like my novel to be believed. Needless to say, my next novel will not involve a pandemic. But let's see what else I can predict! ("I'm sorry you needed a catheter. Why do you have my daughter's necklace?" I laughed out loud!)

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