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Page One - The Writer"s Podcast

New episodes every Friday!On Page One - The Writer"s Podcast, we talk to writers of all descriptions (authors, screenwriters, comic writers and more) about their writing process and how they craft their next great works. We also explore their career, including how their first big break happened, and discuss the ups and downs along the way. We learn something new every episode, and we hope you do as well.Page One is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer"s Notebook. Order

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Ep. 115 - Victoria Selman talks changing agents, why...

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2022/07/21

Victoria Selman is the bestselling author of four crime novels and co-host of the crime writers’ podcast, CrimeTime.fm. Her latest book, Truly Darkly Deeply, has only been out for a couple of weeks and is already a bestseller and has had the film rights optioned.We had a great time chatting with Victoria, hearing about how she rediscovered writing after a near 30-year hiatus, chatting about changing agents (and why that can sometimes be what an author needs) and hearing all about her planning

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Ep. 114 - Janice Hallett talks about moving from...

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2022/07/15

A former magazine editor and award-winning journalist, Janice Hallett has written screenplays and novels. Janice's first feature film Retreat was released by Sony Pictures (co-written and directed by Carl Tibbetts) which starred Cillian Murphy, Thandiwe Newton and Jamie Bell, and was selected for the Triforce Creative Network year-long mentoring scheme and featured on the BBC New Talent Hotlist. She won Best New Screenplay in the 2014 British Independent Film Festival. Her debut novel, The Appeal,

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Ep. 113 - Chris Whitaker talks about writing We Begin...

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2022/07/08

Chris Whitaker is a bestselling crime writer whose debut, Tall Oaks, won the CWA debut dagger award. His latest crime novel, We Begin At The End, has been an international bestseller and has been optioned to Disney. Most recently, he wrote the brilliant YA novel, The Forevers.We had great fun chatting with Chris, hearing about how he found writing after a very traumatic period in his life and how it helped him deal with that trauma. We also talked about planning, why he starts in the middle of his

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Ep. 112 - Martha Wells talks about writing The...

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2022/07/01

Martha Wells has been an SF/F writer since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993, and her work includesThe Books of the Raksuraseries,The Death of the Necromancer, theFall of Ile-Rientrilogy,The Murderbot Diariesseries, media tie-in fiction forStar Wars,Stargate: Atlantis, andMagic: the Gathering, as well as short fiction, YA novels, and non-fiction. She has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, and Locus Awards, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot, the BSFA Award ballot,

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Ep. 111 - Ed McDonald talks writing dark fantasy, why...

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2022/06/24

Ed McDonald’sdebut novelBLACKWINGbegan theThe Raven’s Marktrilogy, which continues withRAVENCRYand concludes withCROWFALL. Ed has been writing stories since he was a child, and studied history for his BA and MA degrees. He is a practitioner of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), and his love of history has helped to inspire the books that he writes. His latest book, Daughter of Redwinter, is out next week (30 June 2022).We had a great chat with Ed about how he broke into writing (including

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Ep. 110 - Jane Shemilt chats about swapping medicine...

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2022/06/17

Jane Shemilt is an internationally-acclaimed, best-selling author of psychological suspense novels. Her debut novel Daughter was aRichard and Judy pick, shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish award and nominated for anEdgar award. It became the fastest selling debut of 2014. Her third novel, How Far We Fall, has been optioned for production as a TV drama by Twelve Town. Jane’s stories are inspired by her background in psychology and medicine. She studied Psychology at London University before qualifying

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Ep. 109 - Nicholas Meyer talks about writing for Star...

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2022/06/10

Nicholas Meyer is an American writer and director, known for his best-selling Sherlock Holmes novelThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution, and for directing the filmsTime After Time, two of theStar Trekfeature films, including Wrath of Khan, and the 1983 television filmThe Day After. Meyer was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplayfor the filmThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution(1976), where he adapted his own novel into a screenplay. He has also been nominated for aSatellite Award, threeEmmy Awards,

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Ep. 108 - Rob Hart talks about using spec fiction to...

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2022/06/03

Rob Hartis the author of six novels, includingThe Paradox HotelandThe Warehouse, as well as the short story collectionTake-Out,Scott Freewith James Patterson, and a Star Wars short story. The Warehouse sold in more than 20 countries and was optioned for film by Ron Howard.We really enjoyed talking to Rob about his move from journalism to writing novels, finding out why he shifted from crime to sci fi, and hearing why he wanted to write an "issues" novel with The Warehouse. We also chat about his

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Ep. 107 - Sam Holland talks about writing serial...

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2022/05/27

A self-confessed serial killer nerd, Sam Holland studied psychology at university then spent the next few years working in HR, before quitting for a full-time career in writing. Her debut novel, The Echo Man, is out now.We had great fun chatting with Sam, hearing about how she crafted her debut novel while working in HR, and talking about coming up with one of those ideas that seems so brilliant, you're sure someone must have done it before. We talk about her research into serial killers, how she

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Ep. 106 - Mary Kenney tells us about writing video...

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2022/05/20

Mary Kenney is a brilliant writer of video games and comic books from The Walking Dead to the recent smash hit PS5 game, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. She is currently working on a new Wolverine game for Marvel and Sony. She also has Gamer Girls, a YA non-fiction novel about the women who built the video games industry, coming out in July 2022.We loved chatting with Mary, hearing how she broke into writing for video games, talking about the unique opportunities and challenges that writing in

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Ep. 105 - Leroy Kincaide talks about storytelling and...

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2022/04/15

Leroy Kincaide is a former professional wrestler who moved from the world of the squared circle to creating stories from behind the camera as a writer/director. His first feature, The Last Rite, is available to stream now.We had a really interesting chat with Leroy, learning how he largely taught himself how to create his own feature film, from writing to directing and editing. We talk about how he visualises stories in his mind's eye first before committing them to paper, and find out what inspired

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Ep. 104 - Ben Aaronovitch tells us about swapping...

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2022/04/08

Ben Aaronovitch is the bestselling author of the Rivers of London series, the latest of which, Amongst Our Weapons, is just out! Before becoming a successful author, Ben worked in screenwriting, writing episodes of Doctor Who, Casualty and more - but it was only when he was working as a bookseller in Waterstones that the idea of writing novels struck him.It was great fun chatting with Ben about his career, hearing about the highs and lows, where the idea for Rivers of London came from and why he

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Ep. 103 - Fonda Lee on waiting for that breakthrough...

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2022/04/01

Fonda Lee is the author of the epic fantasy Green Bone Saga, beginning withJade City,continuing inJade War,and concluding inJade Legacy.She is also the author of the science fiction novelsZeroboxer,ExoandCross Fire. Fonda is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, as well as a three-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award), and a multiple finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Oregon Book Award. A new novella set in the Green Bone Saga

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Ep. 102 - James Oswald talks about how...

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2022/03/25

James Oswald is the author of the bestselling Inspector Maclean series of novels, as well as the fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro, and more. His latest book, All That Lives, is the twelfth in the Inspector Maclean series.It was really interesting hearing how James made his breakthrough via self-publishing and how his success there led to traditional publishers bidding to try and get the rights to his novels. We also talked about how he juggles being a farmer with his writing, why publishers

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Ep. 101 - Georgia Pritchett talks about writing for...

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2022/03/18

Georgia Pritchett is an award-winning screenwriter who has worked on some of the best shows on television including Spitting Image, Smack The Pony, The Thick of It, Veep, Succession and, most recently, The Shrink Next Door, the hit Apple TV show starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd. On top of all that, she has also recently released a hilarious memoir entitled My Mess is a Bit of a Life.We had great fun talking with Georgia and hearing how she got her start on radio before moving into TV and then

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Ep. 100 - Ian Rankin talks about his career, why...

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2022/03/11

Ian Rankin is an international superstar of crime writing, with bestsellers across the globe and is the creator of one of the best-known fictional policeman, John Rebus.We are so delighted that Ian was able to come down to our studio to talk about his stellar writing career. We hear how that began, where Rebus came from and talk about the impact of Scottish crime writing on the genre. We also talk about what it was like to co-write a posthumous William McIlvanney novel, The Dark Remains, and lean

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Ep. 99 - Anna Mazzola talks historical fiction, the...

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2022/03/04

Anna Mazzola is the a writer of historical thrillers and Gothic fiction. Her novels explore the impact of crime and injustice. Her debut novel,The Unseeing,is based on the life of a real woman called Sarah Gale who was convicted of aiding a murder in London in 1837. It won an Edgar Allan Poe Award in the US and was nominated for the Historical Writers’ Association’s Debut Crown in the UK. Her second novel,The Story Keeper, is out now. It follows a folklorist’s assistant as she searches outdark

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Ep. 98 - Will Carver talks about writing dark crime...

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2022/02/25

Will Carver is the acclaimed author of unique, dark crime novels such as Good Samaritans, The Beresford and, most recently, Psychopaths Anonymous.We had great fun chatting with Will, hearing about how he broke into the industry and also how he found himself having to start his writing career again when publishing contracts dried up. We also discuss why his books are either loved or hated (with no in-between) and also learn about the year he saved not one but two lives!Links:Buy Will's books

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Ep. 97 - Lilja Sigurðardóttir talks us about writing...

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2022/02/18

Lilja Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic crime-writer born in 1972. She is the author of novels, stage plays and screenplays.Her latest latest book, White as Snow (Náhvít jörð)is the third in a series of thrillers featuring financial investigator Áróra and police detective Daníel.We had great fun chatting with Lilja about her interesting route into writing (thank you, Dan Brown!), talked about the importance of good translations and discussed the growing appeal of foreign stories in English-speaking

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Ep. 96 - Tasmina Perry talks writing, pseudonyms and...

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2022/02/11

Tasmina Perry is theinternationally bestselling author offourteennovels including Kiss Heaven Goodbye, Private Lives and Guilty Pleasures. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and sold over two million copies worldwide. She is a former lawyerturned award-winning journalist and was editing the UK edition of In Style magazine when her debut novel Daddy's Girls went into the top ten and became one of the biggest selling debuts of the years. She also writes thrillers under the pseudonym

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