Lisa Scottoline

For Lisa Scottoline, writing — whether in her Rosato & DiNunzio series of legal thrillers, her standalone works of suspense, or the humor columns she co-authors with her daughter Francesca Serritella —is personal, and the courtroom cases behind her bestsellers are all deeply rooted, she says, in her experiences or the issues she’s come to care about.  On this episode, the author sat down with us to talk about her new novel After Anna, in which a shocking case of abuse and murder gives way to a mystery that gets at deep questions about love and identity.  And, true to form for Scottoline’s work, there’s a twist: Francesca Serritella also joins us for some real talk about what it’s like to co-write with her mom.