How NY Times Bestselling Author Gillian McAllister Writes
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New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister spoke with us about how to deal with rejection, deleting full drafts, the business side of adaptations, and her latest US release, the thriller THAT NIGHT.
Gillian McAllister is the internationally bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time, Just Another Missing Person, Famous Last Words, and others. Her novels have been selected by both Read with Jenna and Reese’s Book Club, and she has become one of today’s most celebrated voices in psychological suspense.
Her latest US release is That Night (already adapted into a Netflix series), a novel that follows a family’s dream vacation in Italy that spirals into a nightmare.
New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry said of Gillian, “McAllister is the best at putting her characters in impossible situations and making her readers not only contemplate but feel what it would be like to find themselves in those situations.”
Gillian graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast.
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In this file Gillian McAllister, Milena, and I discussed:
Her law background and path to publication
How she wrote close to 400K words before breaking through
Why she plans novels via synopsis and keeps her early drafts private
Business advice on how to talk to publishers once you’ve sold a book
The real reason so many lawyers become crime writers
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
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The Honest Authors’ Podcast
That Night: A Novel by Gillian McAllister (Amazon)
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