Please help me welcome Kayla Rae Whitaker, author of Returns and Exchanges, to the BookBrowse Community Forum.
Kayla Rae Whitaker is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and New York University. Her first novel, The Animators, was named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPage. Her second novel, Returns and Exchanges, was published on May 19, 2026 and featured in the May 20 edition of The BookBrowse Review. She lives in Queens, New York.
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Kayla: Congratulations on the release of Returns and Exchanges, and thank you so much for agreeing to chat with us. Before we jump into the Q&A, is there anything you’d like to share about yourself?