About this episode

Philippa Hall interviews David Goodman about his spy thriller 'Solitary Agents' and the challenges of writing and publishing.

In this episode of Quick Book Reviews , Philippa chats to David Goodman about his latest spy thriller Solitary Agents , the follow-up to his brilliant debut A Reluctant Spy . David talks about writing spy fiction for readers who may not usually read spy novels, creating the hugely compelling character of Jamie Tulloch , and the long road to publication after earlier books did not sell. He also discusses awards, resilience, TV adaptation developments, and his upcoming science fiction novel Shards of Starlight , written as David W. Goodman . Philippa also reviews: The Good Listener by Holly Watt Such a Nice Girl by Andrea Mara The Thick of It BBC audiobook In This Episode David Goodman on Solitary Agents Why spy fiction is having a major moment Writing accessible spy thrillers Jamie Tulloch and the world of MI5 and MI6 The challenge of writing a second book Rejection, persistence and finding your writing community TV adaptation news for A Reluctant Spy Writing science fiction as David W. Goodman Dream and nightmare writing locations Philippa’s spoiler-free book reviews About Solitary Agents Solitary Agents follows Jamie Tulloch after the events of A Reluctant Spy . Having tried to…

People in this episode

Host: Philippa Hall

Guest: David Goodman

Topics covered

• spy fiction
• writing process
• resilience in writing
• character development
• book reviews
• TV adaptations

Keywords

• spy thriller
• David Goodman
• A Reluctant Spy
• writing rejection
• character Jamie Tulloch
• TV adaptation
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MI5, MI6

Books & works: Solitary Agents, A Reluctant Spy, The Good Listener, Such a Nice Girl, The Thick of It, Shards of Starlight

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