#20: Elsie Silver Reveals the Inspiration Behind Rose Hill

This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Elsie Silver, the author behind the bestselling Chestnut Springs and Rose Hill series — and the upcoming Fever Dream. From single-dad romances to emotional healing, Elsie opens up about her writing process, living on the West Coast, and the moment she found out Chestnut Springs is coming to Netflix.

CHAPTERS: 

0:00 Introduction & Elsie’s new dog!

1:22 Chesnut Springs coming to Netflix

4:35 Shutting your brain off

6:27 The spark behind writing single-dad romances

14:57 Hardest book Elsie has written 

16:42 Separating from “reader voices”

19:03 What does Elsie read?

20:18 Rose Hill inspiration 

22:50 West Coast vs Toronto 

23:59 Does Elsie write with the audiobook in mind?

28:06 How the new series will sound

29:16 Wild Card synopsis (no spoilers)

31:18 Crafting an age-gap / ex-boyfriend dad trope 

35:54 Body positivity in Wild Card

38:37 Working with a therapist while writing 

40:10 Research for Wild Card

41:19 Ending Rose Hill Series

44:23 What’s next? 

46:55 New publisher

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