The brilliant Lisa Jewell joins us on this week's Bestsellers. Lisa is an incredible thriller writer. Her latest is set in London and is about misfits, mystery and a missing girl. Lisa tells Phil and Natalie about writing in lockdown; about her high propensity for violence and how she knows where to draw the line in her books and how she's still typing away on two fingers! You can buy Invisible Girl here: https://amzn.to/3ljOXR2 We benefit from qualifying purchases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Episode 15: It's only Anthony Horowitz. One of Phil & Natalie's favourite writers. He's written authorised original stories for the Sherlock Holmes and James Bond estates; He brought Alex Rider back earlier in the year in NightShade, and has now produced another book within a book story for Moonflower Murders, the magnificent follow up to Magpie Murders. Here Anthony talks about how he crafts such complex whodunnits and reveals he has a brand new James Bond idea, should the Fleming Estate ch...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Despite this being Episode 14, it was recorded at the very beginning of lockdown just as Tony was recovering from Covid 19. Power Play is his third novel and utilises Tony's professional background as a working Barrister. He tells Phil & Natalie about recovering from Coronavirus, writing in lockdown and about his background as a Boxer...'He could've been a contender.' Tony was the first ever episode we recorded and for this we will always be grateful to the Boxing Barrister. You can buy Powe...
Aug 13, 2020•58 min
Kevin Kwan is a sheer delight. Phil & Natalie recorded this episode quite late at night because Kevin is in LA, and his energy and enthusiasm is infectious. Sex and Vanity is his new novel and first since Crazy Rich Asians lit up cinema screens across the world. He talks about that success; breaking the glass ceiling for asian actors; his new book and how he made books for Elizabeth Taylor. You can buy Sex & Vanity here: https://amzn.to/39WRV93 We benefit from qualifying purchases Hosted...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Mike Gayle cheers up the nation! He writes feel good fiction on contemporary issues and his new book is no exception. In this week's BestSellers he talks to Phil & Natalie about his 84 year old hero in this book, Hubert, and loneliness, racism and why he thinks women make friends easier than men. All The Lonely People is both heart wrenching and warm & fuzzy and will also make you laugh, as will Mike in this episode. You can buy the book here: https://amzn.to/2P2GdA3 We benefit from qual...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 7 min
In Episode 11, Phil & Natalie welcome the incredible Jojo Moyes. With over 40 million books sold, the creator of Lou Clark and the Me Before You series returns with a brand new stand alone story based on the women librarians who used to deliver books in the late 20's early 30s to rural homes in Kentucky. The female librarians on horseback were the idea of Eleanor Roosevelt, who was keen that detached communities could learn and still had access to books. Jojo talks about the research she did...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Dorothy Koomson is Britain's Biggest Selling Black Female Writer - A title she's proud of. All My Lies are True is a long awaited sequel to The Ice Cream Girls and in this week's episode, Phil & Natalie talk to Dorothy about why now for a sequel; the importance of paying for books and why she's adamant there won't be an Ice Cream Girls 3....For now! You can buy All My Lies are True here: https://amzn.to/2Wmyroq We profit from qualifying purchases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Phil & Natalie talk to the best selling writer of the Flat Share, Beth O'Leary about her new comedy drama, The Switch. Beth reveals a big Hollywood star signed on to work on a major adaptation of her debut; how The Switch was her 'difficult second album,' and how it took adulthood before she realised she was funny and could write comedy. If you want to buy The Switch you can do it here: https://amzn.to/2ZbiyDi We earn from qualifying purchases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Jul 08, 2020•59 min
Lara Prescott was told by a literary agent nobody was interested in a story about Russia. Yet her debut novel - The Secrets We Kept - sold for a $2 million dollar advance. In Episode 8 of BestSellers, she tells Phil & Natalie how she quit life in Washington and politics, to fulfil her dream to become a writer and discusses this fictional imagining of what it was like for Boris Pasternak to write Dr Zhivago. This novel is way more than a spy thriller. Read it before it hits the screens. You c...
Jul 02, 2020•59 min
Sir Richard Henriques QC defended and prosecuted 106 murder trials in equal measure before becoming a Judge, both in the High Court and Court of Appeal. In this extraordinary episode of BestSellers, he tells Phil and Natalie about prosecuting the ten year old boys who callously murdered James Bulger; prosecuting Britain's most prolific serial killer, Dr Harold Shipman; hearing the trial of the Met Police for shooting dead the innocent Jean Charles de Menezes and was invited to investigate the bo...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 13 min
In Episode Six, Phil & Natalie welcome to BestSellers, Christy Lefteri. The Beekeeper of Aleppo has already been an International No.1 Best Seller and details the struggle that Nuri and his wife Afra endure as they evacuate war torn Syria and seek to join Nuri's cousin who's already made it to safety in the United Kingdom. The bees also play a special role in this heartwarming story of hope over adversity and you can hear Christy explain how she interviewed those seeking Asylum for this fict...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 6 min
This week, Phil & Natalie speak with the wonderful Lauren Wilkinson, whose debut novel American Spy was a smash hit in the States and a Barack Obama Reading List pick. Lauren joins BestSellers from New York and talks about how this book was seven years in the making; how she's now writing for TV as a result of the success of this novel and a sneak peek at what book number two will be about. Plus she reassures Natalie about how long her own edits are taking on her debut novel. *We recorded th...
Jun 10, 2020•57 min
Phil & Natalie meet former Special Forces operative and now star of Channel 4's smash hit show, SAS Who Dares Wins. Ollie is now on his second book, BATTLE READY, which takes the skills he learned in the SAS and applies them to everyday mental wellbeing. Ollie's first encounter with danger was as a ten year old when a Chimp ripped him apart in a Fairground. He talks to Phil & Natalie about only processing that trauma in the last twelve months, as well as a failed marriage, reliance on bo...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Phil & Natalie talk to David Nicholls, the author of the Best Seller One Day, about his brand new paperback, Sweet Sorrow. The gorgeous tale of a boy who's just finished his GCSE's in the summer of 1997, and doesn't know what he wants to do with his life...except find love. Its heartwarming, full of hope and very funny. Phil & Natalie adored this book and in this chat with David you'll hear him talk about the influence the band Pulp had on this story; how the book compares to his teenage...
May 27, 2020•46 min
Phil & Natalie speak to one of British fiction's most prolific and award winning writers. Lynda has created Prime Suspect, Trial & Retribution, Widows and is one of only three screenwriters to have been made an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute. In this episode Lynda explains how cataract left her having to dictate this book entirely, because she couldn't type; how her earlier spin off deals were worthless to her and an extraordinary story about how one of Britain's most noto...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min
In Episode 1, Phil & Natalie talk exclusively to crime writer Michael Connelly. He's sold over 74 million books and is best known for his Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series. Hear him reveal how for the first time since University, he found himself unable to write in lockdown for five weeks; why the Lincoln Lawyer TV series was axed on the eve of filming and how he'd love Amazon to sign it, so it sits along Bosch for TV. This is his only UK broadcast interview to promote his new book FAIR WARNIN...
May 27, 2020•56 min
Phil Williams and Natalie Jamieson tell you about their brand new Podcast, launching Thursday 28th May. Bestsellers focuses on the books you would read on the beach, on the bus or in bed. That's if we weren't all still locked down. It's big selling unashamedly mainstream books. Phil and Nat will talk to one writer per Ep, they'll cover fiction, non fiction, cookery books, kids books, poetry. It's all here. Ep 1 - Michael Connelly EXCLUSIVE. Coming Thursday May 28th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
May 18, 2020•8 min
