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Hillary Frank

Hillary Frank is an award-winning podcaster, creator and host of The Longest Shortest Time, and a former This American Life contributor and young-adult author.

Oct 10, 2026

9:04
Where did the title come from?
9:06
Wedlocked.
9:07
Well, initially, it was just called Wedlock because I knew it was gonna be about, um, this marriage that, uh, the main character, Zara, felt like...
9:18
Didn't, maybe didn't realize at first, but throughout the course of the book would realize she felt trapped in, and then might literally be trapped in.
9:26
And so I think my editor accidentally said wedlocked to somebody else, and then she thought, "Huh, actually, is that a more interesting title? Is it kind of more active and-
11:52
Is there a director? Like how does that all work?
11:55
I'm the director.
11:56
I was kind of offered the opportunity to either narrate it or direct it, and I'm not an actor.

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