Coffee Break with Martyn Waites: The Secret Behind the C.B. Everett Pen Name

Welcome to Conversation Coffee Break! In this episode, Nadine Matheson sits down with crime writer Martyn Waites, writing under the pseudonym C.B. Everett, to chat about his brilliant new book, The Final Chapter. The Final Chapter is a bold, genre-defying meta-thriller, two complete novels in one. It follows C.B. Everett (yes, Martyn's own pseudonym!) as he's asked to edit a mysteriously reappearing manuscript by a writer who vanished a decade ago. And the real story? It might be hiding in the footnotes. In this conversation, Martyn reveals:Why he created the CB Everett pen name — and borrowed his daughters' initials to do itThe Russian doll structure of The Final Chapter — a spy thriller inside a literary mystery📺 Getting knocked back by a TV production company — and what they got wrongThis is a warm, witty, and wonderfully candid conversation about creativity, identity, and what it means to keep challenging yourself after 30 years of writing. Martyn Waites Recommendation: PeacemakerFollow Martyn WaitesBuy The Final Chapter by CB EverettPre- Order 'The Shadow Carver' PbBuy me a cup of coffee ☕️ | Buy books by my guestsFollow Me Bluesky | Substack | Instagram | Facebook | Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.