S2 E17 - Date With A Debut with Mark Wales on Outrider and Nick Wasiliev

Date With A Debut is a podcast hosted by writer Nick Wasiliev: shining a light on debut authors, their incredible books, and their journeys to publication. For the seventeenth episode of series two, Nick sits down with Mark Wales, author of Outrider. They discuss the book, transforming Australia into a war-torn landscape, the challenges of writing action on the page, working on the set of a major blockbuster, and more. BOOKS: Debut Feature: Outrider by Mark Wales: https://bit.ly/3Bcuc6k Other Books Mentioned: Blind Man's Bluff by Christopher Drew, Sherry Sontag & Annette Lawrence Drew: https://bit.ly/47CYYSa Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy: https://bit.ly/4gps23k Ready Player One by Ernest Cline: https://bit.ly/3TACcEE The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy: https://bit.ly/4ddPcad Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy: https://bit.ly/4gu3x5d On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King: https://bit.ly/4dm2sd2 PRODUCTION NOTES: Host: Nick Wasiliev Guest: Mark Wales Editing & Production: Nick Wasiliev Podcast Theme: ‘Chill’ by Sakura Hz Production Code: 2:17 Episode Number: #30 Additional Credits: Dani Vee (Words & Nerds), Candice Wyman (Pan Macmillan Australia) © 2024 Nick Wasiliev and Breathe Art Holdings ‘Date With A Debut’ is a Words and Nerds and Breathe Art Podcasts co-production recorded and edited on Awabakal Country, and we pay our respects to all elders past and present.