NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with the Bangles cofounder Susanna Hoffs on her debut novel This Bird Has Flown and how she used her music career to create her main character, singer Jane Start.

Susanna Hoffs, singer and guitarist for popular ‘80s band The Bangles, experienced a major shift in her life when she welcomed her two children in the ’90s.

Susanna Hoffs has a bad case of the guilts. The founder member of 1980s all-girl pop guitar foursome The Bangles glances away to her right in the spacious, airy, Californian home from where she is ...

Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs has written a novel, 'This Bird Has Flown,' about an 'over-the-hill' one-hit wonder finding love — and it kind of rocks.

Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs has written a novel, 'This Bird Has Flown,' about an 'over-the-hill' one-hit wonder finding love — and it kind of rocks.

Back in the late 90s, things were a little messy. Nirvana had kicked the door open for a generation of plaid-clad nihilists, and Hoffs—who spent the 80s at the top of the charts with The Bangles ...

Susanna Hoffs talks about why The Bangles broke up and got back together, her favorite songs to perform, and how it was partying with The Go-Go's in Las Vegas. In 1986, you had to be living in the ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with the Bangles cofounder Susanna Hoffs on her debut novel This Bird Has Flown and how she used her music career to create her main character, singer Jane Start.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with the Bangles cofounder Susanna Hoffs on her debut novel This Bird Has Flown and how she used her music career to create her main character, singer Jane Start.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with the Bangles cofounder Susanna Hoffs on her debut novel This Bird Has Flown and how she used her music career to create her main character, singer Jane Start.