Rebekah Faubion: Never Stop Learning

Rebekah Faubion is the author of queer rom-coms with tons of heart and more than a little steam. She is also the author of young adult horror novel Lost Girls coming from Delacorte Press in 2026. When she isn’t writing books that make her bi soul sing, she enjoys watching anything romantic or scary (or, better yet, both ), hiking in the Hollywood Hills, and reading tarot by candlelight. Follow her on Instagram . In this interview, Rebekah discusses paying homage to classic rom-com films with her new romance novel, The Lovers , her hope for readers, and more. Name: Rebekah Faubion Literary agent: Katie Shea Boutillier of Donald Maass Literary Book title: The Lovers Publisher: Berkley Romance Release date: September 24, 2024 Genre/category: Romance Previous titles: I wrote books under the pen name Faith McClaren. Elevator pitch: The Lovers is a steamy sapphic rom-com for fans of Ashley Herring Blake , in which Twin Flames get a second chance at love while working a wedding in the California desert. Bookshop | Amazon [WD uses affiliate links.] What prompted you to write this book? Writing The Lovers really came about for two distinct reasons. In my personal life I had been going through somewhat of a spiritual and sexual awakening, and at the same time I was actively pursuing publication for my first solo book deal. (I had previously published under a pen name with a co-author.) I had always really loved rom-coms and knew that I wanted to write one, but I hadn’t found the perfect story yet. I was on this path to understanding my sexual identity, coming into acceptance of it, and coming out of the closet publicly, and it felt really natural to explore that experience in a deeper way by writing about a character who was going through similar things. The main character, Kit, isn’t me, and her journey is definitely not a memoir of my own life, but it has a lot of the themes from my experience in it. I also wanted to write a novel that paid homage to the rom-com […]

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