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Why Would You Write That?Living Proof with Tiffany Graham CharkoskyYou can find her book here and her other work here. I’m Samantha Perkins and this is Why You Write That?!?!? This podcast is for anyone who wonders what authors were thinking when they shared that really detailed secret or their most embarrassing moment. For writers, future writers, readers, and those who love words Join me as I interview authors and writers to uncover the truth behind why they share all the of those cringey details and what it feels like to air it all! So press play and get ready...
2025-12-2639 min
Page CountPublishing a Debut Memoir with Tiffany Graham CharkoskyDebut memoirist Tiffany Graham Charkosky discusses the story behind LIVING PROOF: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy, from the medical journey she embarked on after learning she carried a genetic mutation to the years she spent writing and revising the memoir before landing a book deal. Along the way, she also shares the challenges and joys of writing material that is deeply personal, the physical and emotional implications of genetic testing, finding the right structure for her story, searching for a literary agent, how she grappled with the issue of platform as a memoirist, the trajectory of her publishing journey...
2025-11-1854 min
Totally Booked with ZibbyTiffany Graham Charkosky, LIVING PROOF: How Love Defied Genetic LegacyZibby chats with Tiffany Graham Charkosky about her honest and unflinching new memoir, LIVING PROOF: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy. Tiffany shares the difficult journey that began when she discovered she might carry Lynch syndrome, a genetic mutation linked to early-onset cancers—the same condition that likely caused her mother’s death when Tiffany was just 11. Tiffany opens up about grief, motherhood, and resilience, as well as what it means to live in a body that feels suddenly unfamiliar. She and Zibby also discuss writing through trauma, finding empathy for our younger selves, and learning to accept help—both medica...
2025-10-2124 min
The Positive Gene PodcastLiving Proof with Author Tiffany Graham Charkosky: Love, Loss, and Lynch SyndromeIn this moving episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, host Sara Kavanaugh sits down with author Tiffany Graham Charkosky, whose forthcoming memoir Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy shares her deeply personal journey through Lynch Syndrome, family loss, and the power of love and resilience.
Tiffany reflects on how discovering her genetic risk reshaped her understanding of health, motherhood, and legacy and how she’s teaching her sons to live with gratitude and joy in the face of uncertainty. Together, Sara and Tiffany explore what it means to build a life rooted in hope, connection, and pu...
2025-10-1355 min
Write the Damn Book AlreadyEp 133: Living Proof with Tiffany Graham CharkoskyClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions!In this episode, I sit down with Tiffany Graham Charkosky to talk about her forthcoming memoir, Living Proof (October 21, Little A), a book written and shaped over years of writing and rewriting.At just 11 years old, Tiffany lost her mother. For decades, she believed it was an unexplainable tragedy, until a DNA test unearthed information that changed everything. That discovery didn’t just reshape her understanding of her mother’s death; it also made her question what she might unknowingly pass on to her own chil...
2025-07-1636 minWrite the Damn Book AlreadyEp 133: Living Proof with Tiffany Graham CharkoskyClick Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions!In this episode, I sit down with Tiffany Graham Charkosky to talk about her forthcoming memoir, Living Proof (October 21, Little A), a book written and shaped over years of writing and rewriting.At just 11 years old, Tiffany lost her mother. For decades, she believed it was an unexplainable tragedy, until a DNA test unearthed information that changed everything. That discovery didn’t just reshape her understanding of her mother’s death; it also made her question what she might unknowingly pass on to her own chil...
2025-07-1636 min
A Fresh StoryFresh Reads: Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy by Tiffany Graham CharkoskyThe moment Tiffany Graham Charkosky received the phone call that changed everything, she wasn’t a child anymore—but suddenly, her childhood grief came rushing back. In this poignant episode of A Fresh Story, Tiffany sits down with Olivia Howell to share the emotional landscape behind her debut memoir, Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy. What began as an unanswered ache—the loss of her mother to colon cancer at age 11—became a search for meaning, identity, and a way forward through the lens of genetic testing. Tiffany’s story is not just about DNA; it’s about motherhood...
2025-07-0812 min