Episodes

  • S8E07 - With special guest Stacey Halls

    S8E07 - With special guest Stacey Halls
    Nov 14 2025
    Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon chat to award winning, bestselling historical fiction author, Stacey Halls about getting published, finding ideas through research and getting the words down.

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    45 mins
  • S8E06 - Two announcements and work/life balance

    S8E06 - Two announcements and work/life balance
    Sep 24 2025
    Holly Seddon and Gillian McAllister discuss two upcoming things:



    1. Holly's book is out now, and you can buy it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/59-Minutes-unmissable-heart-wrenching-thriller/dp/1398709492
    2. They are doing an event TOGETHER at Waterstones Bluewater. Tickets here: https://www.waterstones.com/events/honest-authors-podcast-live-recording/bluewater


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    25 mins
  • S8E05 - With special guest Sophie Hannah

    S8E05 - With special guest Sophie Hannah
    Jul 30 2025
    Bestselling authors Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk to Sophie Hannah, not only a superstar author but the founder and coach of Dream Author Coaching. Sophie is full of practical and inspiring advice for being resilient, optimistic and successful.

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • S8E04 - With special guest, foreign rights agent Tanja Goossens

    S8E04 - With special guest, foreign rights agent Tanja Goossens
    Jun 5 2025
    Bestselling thriller writers Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk to brilliant Curtis Brown foreign rights agent, Tanja Goossens, about what foreign publishers are looking for, how the whole foreign rights side of publishing works and what really happens at book fairs.

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    46 mins
  • S8E03 - With special guest Erin Kelly

    S8E03 - With special guest Erin Kelly
    Jan 17 2025
    In a festive episode that - true to tradition is going out in mid-January - bestselling thriller writers Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon catch up about our own writing, plus we talk to the brilliant Erin Kelly about getting (and staying) published, trends and lessons learned.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • S8E02 - With special guest Liane Moriarty

    S8E02 - With special guest Liane Moriarty
    Nov 13 2024
    Novelists Liane Moriarty, Gilly McAllister and Holly Seddon talk work/life balance, coming up with fresh ideas, meeting readers, fate, parenting and a whole bunch of other extremely relatable things.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • S8E01 - We're BACK! And we have Blake Crouch with us.

    S8E01 - We're BACK! And we have Blake Crouch with us.
    Oct 2 2024
    Thriller writers Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon grill Blake Crouch about his journey to publication, getting adapted, becoming a showrunner and coming up with new ideas.

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    50 mins
  • S7E05 - We answer listener questions!

    S7E05 - We answer listener questions!
    Apr 23 2024
    Bestselling thriller writers Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon answer a whole heap of quick fire listener questions on plotting, writers' block, the publishing industry, making a living as an author and more!

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    35 mins