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Guest: Janet Kintner | A Judge’s Tale: A Trailblazer Fights for Her Place on the Bench
Before women had a seat at the table, Janet Kintner built one—and dared the world to pull it away.

In A Judge’s Tale: A Trailblazer Fights for Her Place on the Bench, Janet recounts her rise from a traumatic childhood and early sexual assault to becoming one of the first female judges in San Diego—at a time when she was told, point blank, “We will not hire a woman lawyer.”

In this episode, Janet sits down with Florenza to talk about:
• What it meant to fight a male-dominated system while pregnant
• The emotional cost of standing alone
• Why justice must include everyone
• And how purpose can grow from pain

As she faced two male challengers in a brutal judicial election, Janet carried not just a campaign—but a legacy for every woman who would follow.

This is not just a courtroom story.
It’s a movement in human form.

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Michelle Maryk graduated from Cornell University with a degree in English and attended the Yale Writer’s Workshop. For the better part of twenty-five years, she’s been a successful voiceover, on-camera commercial, and comedic actor, and she is a dual Swedish and US citizen. The Found Object Society is her debut novel.

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A dash of mystery, a sparkle of magic, and all things cozy! Elle interviews fellow cozy authors in this bookish podcast from Authors on the Air.

Today on the podcast, meet Helen Phifer, author of The Vanishing Bookstore! Elle and Helen talk about writing a cozy book after writing thrillers, the community involved in writing a book, the fun of not knowing what will happen next, and of course, setting a book in Salem. Happy listening!

Helen’s Bio:
Helen Phifer is a bestselling crime writer of nineteen books including the Annie Graham, Lucy Harwin, Beth Adams and Morgan Brookes Detective series.

Helen lives in a small town in Cumbria, surrounded by miles of coastline and only a short drive from the beautiful Lake District. She loves reading books that make the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end and is eternally grateful to Stephen King, Dean Koontz, James Herbert and Graham Masterton for scaring her senseless in her teenage years.

Find Helen and Her Work Online:
https://www.helenphifer.com/

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Elle Hartford’s Bio:
Elle Hartford writes cozy mystery with a fairy tale twist. The award-winning first book in her Alchemical Tales series, Beauty and the Alchemist, finds amateur sleuth Red mixed up with murderous beasts and moody beauties, and a set of missing books besides!

Elle has also written two spin-off series, the cozy fantasy-goes-to-the-beach Marine Magic series as well as Pomegranate Cafe Romance. For other writers and authors looking into “wide” indie publishing, Elle offers coaching as well as the Beyond Writing blog (ellehartford.substack.com) with how-tos and resources.

Find Elle Online:
https://ellehartford.com

Cry Havoc opens with a teenaged girl arriving at a private school in decline, she’s enrolled herself to escape a terrible situation back home. Rebecca Wait creates MAJOR atmosphere to dial up the tension in this remote countryside setting where the teachers still insist on running drills just in case Russia nukes them. And the new teacher’s a man. Plus, there’s the usual teenage girl drama and an actual school play. Then a mysterious illness begins ravaging the girls. Basically, it’s a lot, and Wait explains how these ideas fermented through a writing process equally chaotic (spoiler alert: she’s NOT a plotter!). We dish about the similarities between nuclear bomb drills and active shooter/lockdown drills, how challenging the teen years can be, and, of course, mean girls.
Learn more about Guest Rebecca Wait: https://www.rebeccawaitauthor.com/
Learn more about Host Melissa Westemeier: https://www.melwestemeier.com/