
MTTA 82: James Swallow
Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews)
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Writing in Prose
Originally wanted to be a t v writer, but fell into writing novels set in fictional franchises that already exist. Tried his hand at television writing and learnt a great deal from it. Decided he wanted to write action thrillers so wrote first novel nomad is. Spent a year trying to get the book out there with no success until meeting thrill readers who were just setting up their shingle for him. And they said: 'Thrilla! You're an awesome guy!' He's now sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.
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