Juanita Critch grew up in a rural

Newfoundland community of fewer than 50 people. After attending MemorialUniversity, where she graduated with a BA in religious studies and folklore,she settled in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with her husband Brian. By day,Juanita writes steamy contemporary romance forHarlequin/Mills & Boon, but by night she drinks margaritas and dreams ofliving on a tropical beach. Juanita and Michael talk about one-room schoolhouses where your mom is the teacher, good teens who like angry music,religious studies, the publishing industry, and missing important phone calls.

Juanita’s Five Songs.

• Aunt Martha's Sheep by
  Dick Nolan.
• Faith by Limp Bizkit.
• This River Is Wild by the
  Killers.
• One Particular Harbor by
  Jimmy Buffett.
• Spaceship
  by Kanye West.

Show Notes.

Juanita's official website. She’s also on

Twitter andInstagram.

This Is Your

Playlist!A Spotify playlist of every song from every episode of This Is Your Mixtape[if it is on Spotify].