I want to get a global conversation started around failure. Is there a main point or directive you want readers to take away from The Nobodies ? I think despite the settings and subjects varying wildly, to me, the books all orbit the same human experience: figuring out who we really are and finding the courage to be that.Ĥ. How is ' The Nobodies' different from anything you’ve written in the past? You write on a very wide variety of topics.

So, when Joan - and my - career paths became more and more uncertain, I struggled to find certainty within myself, as opposed to relying on something more external.ģ. I need a job, a task, a purpose or else I start to tear up the couches inside my head. Like Joan (and Alan), I’m a dog that needs a backpack. Alan was a stray who battled anxiety and it was only when Joan’s Dad gave him a little backpack that he was able to feel secure. One of the pivotal sequences in the book is when Joan retells the story of her father’s dog, Alan. What are some characteristics that you share with Joan? We wouldn’t avoid it so violently if it weren’t.Ģ. The biggest piece of advice I could give is to stay curious and brave as the adventure begins. And I know that it is as earth-shattering as you think it’s going to be and that… that’s what makes it so absolutely, breathtakingly necessary.īecause it’s not just one thing, right? It’s not just – oh, I think I need to find a new job maybe… it’s that you have this sneaking feeling that if you start organizing this one drawer that you’ll see all the other drawers in your life that need attention. The fear is visceral and muffles everything around you. I get how scary and insurmountable it feels. What’s some advice you have for anyone feeling they need to reinvent themselves? Your novel The Nobodies, tells a story of a young journalist that must grow comfortable with rediscovering herself and career transitions. An Emmy-nominated writer, she lives in Los Angeles and works for BuzzFeed.' (Source: 1. 'Liza Palmer is an internationally bestselling author of nine novels, including Conversations with the Fat Girland Nowhere but Home.

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