Australian noir has become a huge sub-genre in the world of fiction and UK-based author Emma Styles brings it to the beaches of Western Australia in her latest novel, The Shark. In this episode, Emma shares her inspiration for writing the book, the pressure of completing her latest adult novel and the process of putting the dual (sometimes unreliable, sometimes unlikeable) narratives together. She also explores the publishing journey and shares a top tip for writers.
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Links mentioned in this episode
- WIN The Writers Retreat by Victoria Brownlee
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- Facebook group for So You Want to be a Writer
Writer in residence: Emma Styles
Emma Styles writes Australian noir about young women taking on the patriarchy. She has an MA in crime fiction from the University of East Anglia and is currently working on her second standalone thriller. No Country for Girls is her debut novel.
Emma grew up near the beach on Whadjuk Noongar Country in Perth, Western Australia and now lives on the south coast of the UK. She’s worked as a veterinarian in country and coastal Australia and the UK, and spent her teens and twenties learning to ski, snowboard, ride horses and motorcycles, and fly small aeroplanes. She loves a road trip and once sat out a cyclone on the north west coast of WA in a LandCruiser Troop Carrier.
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