Alexis Daria is a native New Yorker, award winning author, celeb sighting specialist, who wrote our October Book Club pick, You Had Me at Hola. We get the inside scoop on her choice to write about the world of telenovelas and the ways that her own family mirrors the characters in the story. We learn more about the changes happening in the Romance genre from both the publishing and the consumer side. We get a peek into her writing process and how she writes such steamy sex scenes! We also get her favorite open door sex scene book recs, LatinX romance recs, and more.

More Alexis:

Favorite Open Door Sex Scene Book Recs:

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
Uptown Girl Series by Joanna Shupe
Girl Meets Duke Series by Tessa Dare
Toxic Desire by Robin Lovett

LatinX Romance Writer Recs:

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Bonus: Alexis Daria on writing complicated LatinX families and the evolving romance genre