Firefly Lane

Yeah, where does that fall? I feel like it's more recent.

So it was like Firefly Lane, True Colors, Winter Garden, Night Road, Homefront, Fly Away, Nightingale, Great Alone, Four Winds.

See, her, like, four...

This is what she's known for books are her last four.

Well, thanks for looking that up.

Yeah.

Firefly Lane.

I've never read, but I did watch the show.

Yes.

Well, because there's the Firefly Lane stuff

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Night Road.

Was that what's, was that the same series? No.

Oh, Firefly Lane?

Um, no, not Firefly Lane.

Is it the TV show?

Yeah.

She was in two episodes of R.L. Stine's Haunting Hour and an episode of Firefly Lane.

He makes a joke about being molested by the dentist and then goes into the office where there's lots of construction.

And this is the worst location for a dentist's office I've ever seen in my entire life.

So, I mean, we've talked a couple of different ways about your mom.

You said you sensed her presence when you were writing Firefly Lane.

I did.

How did that manifest?

So, I can't remember when I wrote Firefly Lane, but at- Do you remember writing Firefly Lane? I do remember writing it, I do remember writing it.

And actually I remember why I wrote Firefly Lane, because that was the book, I had reached a certain age, and when you've lost your mother early like I did, you know that it comes and goes in waves.

And there's a lot of times that it reasserts itself, when you get married, when you have a baby, all of these kinds of things.

And there was something about this age where I was suddenly desperate to know who she was.

He has 40 acting credits.

Outside of Hallmark, he was seen in Grease, Rise of the Pink Ladies, and Firefly Lane, both from 2023.

Hey.

You didn't know that, did you? Yeah.

I'm sure I've read more of hers, but I can't think off the top of my head.

I've read, well, Firefly- Firefly Lane with her.

Oh, Firefly.

Yeah, that was a good one.

Firefly Lane? Is that what it was called?

Firefly Lane, and then they made a mo- a b- a show.

Wasn't there was a show, too?

Yeah, Katherine Heigl.

She writes contemporary fiction too.

I mean, back in 2008, she released Firefly Lane, a contemporary story about a decades-long friendship.

And that was adapted into a massive Netflix series.

Yeah, starring Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl.

Yeah, the tension between contemporary and historical fiction is really rooted in how the human brain processes anxiety and narrative resolution.

Okay, unpack that for us.

So contemporary fiction like Firefly Lane or the upcoming 2027 novel The Fire feasts the reader to confront our messy, unresolved present.

When you read about a modern family scandal or estrangement or public disgrace, the narrative distance between you and the protagonist is virtually zero.

The French teacher says something to them in French, and he's played by Forbes Agnes, 71 credits, including an episode of Continuum, Fringe, and five episodes of The X-Files.

He also is in an episode of Firefly Lane, an episode of Travelers.

The character's name is Larry Murnau.

I guess George's dad tells Alex to take care of him, and Alex says that he will, but he will do a very poor job of that.

I mean, it has permeated mainstream pop culture to the point of massive television adaptations.

Oh, Firefly Lane, obviously.

Exactly.

Firefly Lane hitting Netflix with Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke.

But, you know, the commercial success is really just the byproduct here.

Okay, so what's the real story?

The best kind of love story, in my opinion.

Seriously.

An actor called Ben Lawson.

He was in Firefly Lane and Modern Family and The Good Place.

He's really cool.

Yeah, but he said his dietary was like, I don't eat a lot of meat anymore, but I love seafood.