Making It Up with Joseph Finder, author of The Oligarch's Daughter

About this episode

Carter Wilson interviews bestselling author Joseph Finder about storytelling and reader engagement.

“You want to bond with the reader, you know? And you want to take the reader and basically say to the reader, I'm about to tell you a story now. You're not gonna believe this, but bear with me, okay? And once you've established trust with the reader, you can go pretty far.” — Joseph Finder Joseph Finder is the New York Times bestselling author of 17 suspense novels. His books have won numerous awards, including the Strand Critics Award for Best Novel, the International Thriller Writers ...

People in this episode

Host: Carter Wilson

Guest: Joseph Finder

Topics covered

• suspense novels
• author interviews
• storytelling techniques
• reader engagement
• writing process

Keywords

• Joseph Finder
• suspense novels
• The Oligarch's Daughter
• storytelling
• reader trust
• writing awards

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Oligarch's Daughter

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