Joel Nedecky, Nominated for Best Crime First Novel

About this episode

Erik D'Souza interviews Joel Nedecky about his nomination for Best Crime First Novel and his writing journey.

Joel Nedecky is nominated for Best Crime First Novel, sponsored by Melodie Campbell, with a $1000 prize. Erik D'Souza interviews Joel Nedecky, a Winnipeg school teacher and author of The Broken Detective (published by Run Amok Crime). The interview covers Joel's writing journey, from being nominated for The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript, sponsored by ECW Press in 2023, to now being shortlisted for Best First Crime Novel, making it rare for an author to be nominated twice for the...

People in this episode

Host: Erik D'Souza

Guest: Joel Nedecky

Topics covered

• crime fiction
• writing journey
• first novel
• author interview
• literary awards

Keywords

• crime novel
• writing
• interview
• literary awards
• Winnipeg

Sponsors

Melodie Campbell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ECW Press

Books & works: The Broken Detective

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