Jennifer Vido: What inspired you to co-write EMERGENCY CONTACT? Lauren & Anthony LeDonne: This was one of those “gift from the muse” stories! The idea of a woman waking up after a concussion and coming face-to-face with her ex-husband, all because she forgot to update her Emergency Contact information was an idea that just wouldn’t let go. Jen: How would you describe your writing process? Lauren & Anthony: It was a bit atypical, actually! Because we wrote this as a screenplay first (very much a collaborative effort), when it came time to write the novel version, we had what was basically, the best, most robust outline ever in the form of a script! We weren’t particularly organized it; every day our goal was just “get more words down.” We’d write as much as we could individually, and then read over what the other had written and make tweaks. The end result is a manuscript that ended up feeling very layered in terms of voice. There are no “Lauren sections and Anthony sections.” Each of us took so many passes at every single sentence, that the prose reads a bit differently than either of us writing individually. Jen: Let’s talk…

