Literary agent Maria Whelan dials in this week to chat about her international route into publishing, what she's looking to add to her list of authors, how she tackles queries and many more book writing tips.

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261 Maria Whelan | Literary Agent

Historical fiction writer and publishing marketing manager, Carmella Lowkis drops by to chat about her second novel, researching historical fiction and being on both sides of the publishing industry.

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260 Carmella Lowkis | Historical Fiction Author and Marketing Manager

Hybrid middle grade and romantasy author, Stephanie Burgis joins us this week to chat about how she became a hybrid author and why she continues to publish both independently and traditionally.

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259 Stephanie Burgis | Hybrid Middle Grade and Romantasy Author

NYT bestselling horror author, screenwriter and non-fiction author, Grady Hendrix is here! We chat about the research rabbit hole, how he started traditional publishing without an agent and the challenges of being a career author.

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258 Grady Hendrix | Horror Author, Screenwriter and Non-Fiction Author

Literary agent, John Baker is here to chat about his career, publishing as a whole and how he approaches queries and finding new authors.

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257 John Baker | Literary Agent

Satirical science fiction writers and former co-writers of Douglas Adams, Martin Smith and Will Adams are with us this week, chatting about their debut novel 'Consequences', stories of their time writing and performing with Douglas Adams and a candid chat about the publishing industry and the problems they ran into whilst publishing with Amazon.

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256 Martin Smith & Will Adams | Satirical Sci-fi Authors and former Douglas Adams Collaborators

Mystery/thriller author Kerry Whittle drops by this week to chat about her debut novel and the wedding table that inspired it as well as the differences between publishing and journalism.

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255 Kerry Whittle | Mystery Thriller Author and Journalist

International bestselling SFF author, Adrian Tchaikovsky joins us this week to chat about his many upcoming releases including a novella, a graphic novel, a new Warhammer story and the latest in his Children of Time series. We also go back to his start as a writer, the many years he spent looking for an agent and how the industry has changed over the years.

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254 Adrian Tchaikovsky | Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Editor turned literary agent Rachel Neely is with us this week to talk about her journey from editor to agent, a bit behind the curtain of both roles and what sorts of stories she's looking to add to her list.

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253 Rachel Neely | Literary Agent

Dan Coxon is here to chat about his new book, the fourth in his essay anthology series on writing as well as his journey to become a freelance editor.

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252 Dan Coxon | Writer & Editor of Fiction and Non-Fiction

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