Episode 15: Bassey Ikpi

Bassey Ikpi on How She Did the Magic with “I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying”

Bassey Ikpi’s I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying is one of my all-time favorite books. She grew up thinking authors were magicians, but it turns out she knows how to cast the spell too! Bassey shares how the book proposal was a totally different book but working on it amid a mental health crisis led her down a more authentic path. Bassey talks about having an emotional memory, emotional accuracy vs. chronological accuracy, how she found her agent, the importance of a good editor, her book getting optioned for TV, what’s on her bucket list, and so much more... This episode is a juicy one!

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