#26: Why Kate Robb Writes Magical Realism Romances

This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Kate Robb to chat about how this Canadian rom-com queen crafts the best magical realism worlds. From “This Spells Love” to “Kitty St. Clair’s Last Dance”, the two dive into how these books (and their character names) came to be… 

CHAPTERS: 

0:00 Hamilton, ON

2:41 What was Kate reading growing up

4:25 Business school 

7:13 Writing your first book

9:15 Family reaction to becoming an author

11:40 Doubting yourself as an author

13:30 Working a corporate job

14:58 Is romance slowing down?

17:00 Kate’s 2025 favourites 

18:40 Blurbling books as an author

19:23 Titling books

21:06 Day in the life of an author

22:32 Type-A 

23:05 Kitty St. Clair's Last Dance 

28:55 Toronto scene

30:22 Med school 

33:16 Reeve

35:10 How Kate met her husband

36:20 Kate’s favourite scene

40:30 BOTM

42:32 Rom-Com Court

49:39 A trope we don’t love

51:13 What’s next?

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