What's the story behind your latest book?
We’re releasing the next book in The Binge Watchers series, The Binge Watchers Guide to The West Wing, to tie-in with the Democratic National Convention and the forthcoming election.

It’s also the 25th anniversary of this show, so it’s really interesting to see how politics has changed--or how it hasn’t--in the past two decades.

If this is part of a series, how did you come up with the idea for the series?
When I was a literary agent, one of the best-selling books I ever sold was Future Noire, The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon. It has sold more than a million copies. And I went to every sci-fi house and suggested they do a series of books on beloved sci-fi movies and/or TV shows, and they told me they didn’t do nonfiction and “if I thought it was such a great idea, why don’t you publish it yourself?”

So, when I started my own publishing company, I always wanted to have a dedicated series of books about the ins and outs of shows and movies we loved. It took me a while to get Riverdale Avenue Books to a place where I could start this imprint and I launched the first Binge Watchers title in January of 2020, The Binge Watchers Guide to Dr. Who, Season Eleven by Mackenzie Flohr. The pandemic started in March of 2020, so the timing for this line of books could not have been better.

What are your Favorite Binge Watcher titles, and why?
I love our Binge Watchers Guide to Twilight Zone title, because the author expertly threads the social justice elements in that show through every episode. It is fabulous reading, page after page.

I am partial to our Binge Watchers Guide to the Handmaid’s Tale because Jamie Schmidt really puts all her feminist rage into her viewing experience.

The Binge Watcher’s Guide to Harry Potter by Cecilia Tan is just a delight, full of inside stories and recipes. It is the ultimate fan guide.

The Binge Watchers Guide to The Golden Girls is such a tribute book. It’s written by a comedian who really gets everything about the show.