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By Natasha Anderson<\/p>\n
Christy Alexander Hallberg, Leicester resident and author of the award-winning novel Searching for Jimmy Page<\/em> (Livingston Press, 2021), now hosts Rock is Lit, the first and only podcast devoted to the rock novel. After appearing as a guest on several podcasts in promotion of her novel, Hallberg was approached by Pantheon Podcasts co-founder Peter Ferioli about launching her own in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cAt first the idea was daunting, but then I thought, why not try it,\u201d says Hallberg. \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t work out, at the very least I\u2019ll come away with some new skills and new contacts, so I jumped into the deep end of the pool and started dog paddling.\u201d<\/p>\n The first episode, featuring Jeff Jackson, dropped on September 15, 2022, and since then, Hallberg has earned a reputation as a meticulous researcher and creative producer. Her format for each episode begins with an author interview about craft and the musical inspiration behind the work. Hallberg then brings in music experts to add real-world context to the bands or musical periods featured in the novels.<\/p>\n \u201cI love researching authors and their novels for an episode, looking for that nugget of information about them and their work that most interviewers haven\u2019t explored in their conversations with them,\u201d says Hallberg.<\/p>\n