Snug Books Presents: Kat Stoddard in Conversation with Emily J. Smith

Presented by Snug Books

A modern retelling of The Philadelphia Story, Wasp’s Nest is a witty, gripping love triangle unfolding over the course of seven chaotic days at a Cape Cod wedding – a fast-paced, humorous, and heartfelt exploration of the shape of our affections that proves real love triangles connect on all sides.

Kat Stoddard

Kat Stoddard is a contemporary fiction writer from Maryland. Her work has been supported by The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and The Cabins. She lives in Baltimore with her daughter and their cats.

Emily J. Smith

Emily J. Smith is a writer based in Brooklyn. Her debut novel, Nothing Serious, was published by William Morrow (HarperCollins). Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, LitHub, Curbed, Hobart, Slate, Vice, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. Her short story, Warning Signs, was published in the anthology Terraform (FSG, 2022), which received a starred Kirkus review. She co-hosts the podcast Clean Countertops, and you can find her on Substack, where she writes the newsletter Unresolving.