Hi, I'm Libby.
This is my bio:
Libby Hubscher is a women's fiction author and scientist. She studied biology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and holds a doctor of philosophy in molecular toxicology from North Carolina State University. Her work has appeared online and in textbooks, scientific journals, and literary journals. In 2018, her short story "The Unwelcome Guest" was long-listed for the Wigleaf Top 50. During the week, she is a coffee-fueled value communications writer for an innovative health economics outcomes research boutique. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, playing tennis, and watching Mandarin-language dramas. She lives just outside Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, two young children, and a menagerie of pets, including two dogs, two cats who believe they are dogs, two parakeets, and a bearded dragon named Bubbles. You can find her on Twitter @emhubscher and on Instagram @libbyhubscher.
Her debut novel MEET ME IN PARADISE, is forthcoming from Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in March 2021. She is represented by the amazing Sharon Pelletier of Dystel, Goderich and Bourret Literary Management. For publicity inquiries, please contact Brittanie Black: bblack@penguinrandomhouse.com.
Fun Facts about me
1.
I only watch two kinds of shows:
The Great British Bake Off and Mandarin-language dramas.
2.
I have a black belt in karate (and also coffee drinking).
I don't practice martial arts anymore because I've had too many concussions.
3.
Meet Me in Paradise was the sixth book I wrote.
My seventh book doesn't have a name yet, but is about a woman who gives bad advice.
4.
My husband and I met playing co-ed softball.
He knocked me off second base and I knocked him off his feet, sort of.
5.
Believe it or not, books are not always the the longest thing I write for work.
Global value dossiers can be tomes.
6.
My favorites movies are:
Something's Gotta Give, Wimbledon, and House of Flying Daggers.
7.
I am searching for the perfect grain, dairy, and egg-free cherry pie.