"I googled a funeral home and asked the gentleman who answered if he could help me hide an 'extra' body at a graveyard"

Bestseller Hannah Mary McKinnon on taking on the music biz, exploring different formats, and her rock-and-roll thriller, ONLY ONE SURVIVES

Check out the collection of past Words With (Author) Friends, wherein I g-chat with an author and you get to read over my shoulder, and check out Hannah’s fast-paced new chiller, out now!

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Me: Hi, Hannah!

Hannah: Hello!!

How are you?

I'm doing well! Excited to chat about Only One Survives. And you?

I'm well, too. Reading the 2025 thriller on my Kindle and editing on my laptop. Final round! I think I can, I think I can. Lol.

haha, you definitely can!

This Google chat is awesome. I've never used it before. Cool stuff.

It's like AOL Instant Messenger! Very handy.

I once worked at a small magazine that refused to use Slack so we used G-chat for everything, haha

LOL!

I'd love to hear more about OOS! What's it about?

Let me give you the elevator pitch: Only One Survives is a story about the rise and very violent demise of the all-female pop rock group The Bittersweet. After a fatal accident in the middle of nowhere in the Catskills, one member decides the band is now worth more dead than alive.... dun dun duuuun

I had so much fun writing it!

Such a fun premise! What made you want to set a thriller in the music industry?