How to write a #1 global bestseller
In episode 1955 of KEEN ON, Andrew talks to Terry Hayes, author of THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST & I AM A PILGRIM, about why all epic stories are thrillers
Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Terry Hayes is the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Pilgrim and The Year of the Locust and is the award-winning writer and producer of numerous movies. His credits include Payback, Road Warrior, and Dead Calm (featuring Nicole Kidman). He lives in Switzerland with his wife, Kristen, and their four children.
Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe
Charlie Robertson on Curing Global Poverty: More Education, More Electricity
Nandita Dinesh: How Brechtian Theater Can Help Americans Talk to One Another Again
Note to Elon Musk: Stop Wasting Your Billions on Twitter and Invest Them in Curing Cancer
Ian Morris: Why Geography Explains Everything From Brexit to Cuba to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Jefferson Morley: Why Watergate Is Intimately Bound Up With the CIA's Role in the JFK Assassination
Samit Basu: Why India, and Not China or the US, Represents the Most Chilling Vision of Our High-Tech Dystopian Future
Abi Morgan: How to Write a Memoir About Personal Catastrophe Without Sounding Pitiful
Victoria Finlay on Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
John Allore: How a Brother's Determination to Find His Sister's Killer Lead Him to a Canadian Serial Killer
Ada Ferrer: How the 300-Year-Old Cuba-America Relationship Could Have Been Written By a Latin American Novelist
Bo Seo: How Good Debate Can Save Democracy
Julie Lythcott-Hains: How to Successfully Grow Up and Become an Adult
Peter Wehner: Why a Post-Trump America Remains Very Sick and How to Improve Its Health