On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome back one of our favorites, New York Times bestselling author, Tia Williams. We discuss her steamy and beautiful new novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, a story about a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician who are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem.

Making her three-peat appearance on PFW, we chat with her about writing the most un-Tia female protagonist of all her novels (a “chaotic Gemini”); the inspiration behind Ezra, her smoldering and enigmatic male lead (a true attention loving Leo); how the idea for this novel came to her and how she has true confidence in her own voice; diversity in the publishing industry; love, fated soulmates, and the magic all around us; the glamor of the Harlem renaissance; and what it was like to see the literal manifestation of her dreams with the Netflix adaptation of her prior novel, The Perfect Find.

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is out now and it's magnificent - Tia has done it again! Buy it, read it, share it, and listen to our spoiler-free chat wherever you get your podcasts.

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