Gareth Brown on his huge debut hit, The Book of Doors, and why patience is so important as a writer

Gareth Brown has been writing novels since he was a teenager. His first published novel - The Book of Doors - will be released in the UK (Bantam) and USA (William Morrow) in February 2024. Foreign language rights for The Book of Doors have also been sold to nearly twenty other territories including Germany. Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Hungary.
It was great fun speaking with Gareth and hearing about his long writing journey, including hearing about why its so important to be patient as a writer. We talk about the difficulty of not selling a book on sub, and how to move past such disappointments, and why he thinks The Book of Doors has been such a success.
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[@AnnetteRubery]

This was a great episode. I have a similar pragmatic philosophy and it was great to hear him talking about the importance of deciding what you want out of the publishing process.

[@MichaelJaymesAuthor]

Great video as always! Interesting that he can write on his phone. I've tried, but I really struggle with that. haha
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