Ep 533 | Grief, humor, and familiarity in Beignets and Big Feelings and the perfection of Burton Guster and Psych.

Drinking With Authors | Featuring Leslie Gray Streeter

Guest: Leslie Gray Streeter is a single mom in her 50s and needs all the coffee. She is a Law and Order enthusiast. She was a vegan till the day she moved back to Maryland and was offered a crab cake. Is a very bad but passionate acoustic guitarist. She makes a mean vegan cheese ball. Her kid and she recently had an All-American Rejects marathon on the way to the beach and she’s not sure what that says about her parenting but she likes it. Black Widow, Family and Other Calamities, Beignets and Big Feelings

Drink of Choice: A Manhattan

Leslie Gray Streeter is a journalist, memoirist, novelist, speaker, podcaster and lover of words. All the words. Her widow memoir Black Widow, was released in 2020 and her first novel Family & Other Calamities released in 2025; her most recent novel, Beignets and Big Feelings, released October 2026. Her books, and her journalistic work at the Baltimore Banner, Palm Beach Post and more, are in a similar vein - sad/funny and realistic works of grief, acceptance and whimsey, sometimes in an arresting way. She also runs slow 10ks, is a mom, amateur vegan cook, and a Law and Order enthusiast.

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Nick Savage is an award-winning and best-selling author of Modern Romance and Contemporary Fantasy. As the newest host of Drinking with Authors, he brings humor, curiosity, and a love of storytelling to each episode.

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