Kelley talks to author and therapist Emily Locker about her debut novel, Running Mates, how an event involving speech writers for Barak Obama and Mike Pence sparked an idea for a YA rom-com, why romance novels are important for mental health, the science behind why our best ideas often to come to us in the shower, and much more.

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