Rachel Wortell is a filmmaker based in New York. Her first feature film, A Sibling Mystery, is a comedy about a brother and sister who become consumed with investigating a mysterious woman they suspect has stolen their winning lottery ticket, endangering their summer party plans.She is currently working on her second feature film, Romance Analyst, …

Kristen Iskandrian's first novel MOTHEREST (Twelve/Hachette) is a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2017. Her short story "The Inheritors" received an O. Henry Prize in 2014, and other work has appeared in Tin House, Ploughshares, McSweeney's, Joyland, and many other places. She lives in Birmingham, AL.In this episode, we talk about Kristen's novel, M…