We chat with debut author Aaron Aceves about tea dates, getting blurbs, emailing your heroes, painting your nails, the recent onslaught of anti-LGBT laws, and Aaron's upcoming book, This is Why They Hate Us! We then start to discuss Red White and Royal Blue.Aaron H. Aceves (he/him) is a bisexual, Mexican-American writer born and raised in East L.A. He graduated from Harvard College and received his MFA from Columbia University. His fiction has appeared in jmww, Epiphany, and them., among other places. He currently lives in Texas, where he serves as an Early Career Provost Fellow at UT Austin, and his debut novel, This Is Why They Hate Us, will be released August 23rd by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.Twitter: Rainbow Room Podcast (@rainbow_room_) / TwitterInstagram: Rainbow Room (@rainbowroompodcast) • Instagram photos and videosWebsite: https://linktr.ee/rainbowroompodcastHyperfun by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3891-hyperfunLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license