Not even the most truncated of maternity leaves could dim her glow.
“We run a company and, unfortunately, if I’m not there, that company can’t run and there’s a lot of people that count on us,” she said of taking just a week-and-a-half off to recuperate. Because just six days after Zadie’s arrival, she and Slays released their second book, The Game Master: Mansion Mystery.
“I’m so proud of the book,” she gushed. “But it’s inauthentic to me to have a child and then be like, ‘Here’s my new book!’ It just felt wrong. So we’re late to the promotion.” Not that it’s dimmed fans’ excitement, the New York Times bestselling authors drawing a sold-out crowd for a recent Barnes & Noble appearance that saw Zadie make a cameo.
Still, like so many other working parents, Zamolo has had to find a balance between her jam-packed career and spending time with Zadie. “I wake up a little earlier so that I can be there,” she explained. “And I set aside times of the day that are just our time with her. I don’t go on my phone, I don’t check emails. I block off those times and just wing it the rest of the time.”
