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Leslie Hooton | 20 Questions: AFTER EVERYONE ELSE
Author Guest / June 28, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? AFTER EVERYONE ELSE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? With humor and insight AFTER EVERYONE ELSE tells the story of the relationships between Bailey Edgeworth, her passionate husband, and their troubled daughter. After Bailey is charged with the murder of her ex-husband these relationships are tested by the secrets they keep. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I always love to set stories in New York and Atlanta. Especially culinary stories. Both have such robust and exciting choices. With AFTER EVERYONE ELSE, I just had to sneak in my hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely. Being a restaurant designer, she has an in with all the good restaurants and mixologists in town. It would be fun to see restaurants and cocktails from her point of view. She would always get us a good table. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Creative Ambitious Witty 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Because AFTER EVERYONE ELSE is about famous chefs, I have learned to let go and trust chefs in the preparation of…