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Noted for his popular detective novels, Barclay made his breakthrough with No Time for Goodbye in 2007, which became 2008’s top selling novel of the year in the UK. With 17 novels for adults under his belt, Barclay has now published his next thriller, A Noise Downstairs. Linwood Barclay talks to us about his latest novel, his love of typewriters and how he began writing.

Tracy Chevalier is best-known as the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring but has also written many other brilliant novels. She visits the Audible Studios to talk about her latest, New Boy, part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series. It's a retelling of Othello, and Tracy speaks about what it was like to write for this series, what influenced her story, and more.

Elizabeth Haynes kick started her writing career with the renowned writers challenge NaNoWriMo - an attempt to finish a novel of 50,000 words in one month. This was enough of a motivation to get her started and subsequent years saw repeated efforts, eventually resulting in what would become her first published novel Into the Darkest Corner. Elizabeth talks about her experience as an author; he writing process, inspirations and more.

Author Claire North and narrator Peter Kenny join Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss writing and narrating The End of the Day.

Audible invites Felicia Yap to discuss highly anticipated thriller, Yesterday, and the commentary it makes on a 'digitally obsessed' culture. An exploration of the human condition and the common fears which unite humanity, Yap's Yesterday offers astounding insight into modern society and the elements which threaten human existence as sentient, cognitive beings.

Hannah Kent joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book, Burial Rites.

Fantasy writer and film editor Joe Abercrombie joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to talk about the writing of his 'edgy yet humorous' fantasy novels and the exciting film projects that he's been involved in.

Deon Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, described by The Times as 'One of the sharpest thriller writers around'. Deon's novels are international best sellers, translated into 28 different languages whose novels have won literary prizes all over the world and film rights to seven of his novels have been optioned or sold. The Fever, Deon's latest book is a gripping thriller that is a searing story of a group of people determined to carve a city out of chaos, and he visits the Audible Studios to tell us more about it.

Best-selling crime writer M. J. Arlidge joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss Follow My Leader, the seventh edition of his DI Helen Grace series. With DI Grace back in Southampton Central Police Station after a stint in prison, she investigates a string of brutal home invasions

Elly Griffiths visits the Audible Studios to talk about her new book, The Chalk Pit, the ninth Ruth Galloway novel. Elly is one of the country's most popular and successful crime fiction writers, recently winning the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about her latest book, Record of a Spaceborn Few, is acclaimed science-fiction author Becky Chambers. Growing up in a family heavily involved in space science, Becky Chambers has had huge success with her sci-fi Wayfarers series; her books have been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, among others. The third sequel within the Wayfarers series, Record of a Spaceborn Few was published in July 2018.

Multiaward-winning author, journalist and screenwriter Patrick Ness joins us to discuss his latest audiobook, Release,a raw, dark and deeply touching coming-of-age tale. Patrick talks to us about the inspiration behind it, his journey as an author and his unique approach to Young Adult fiction. We also hear what he thinks of the film adaptations of his books.

In this interview Karen Swan talks about her latest novel, The Christmas Secret. She discusses her deep connection with Scotland, her essential Christmas traditions and her gift-giving successes and disasters.... Best-selling author Karen Swan began her career as a fashion journalist but switched it for a life writing novels in a little tree house in the countryside. Renowned for her sumptuous stories of romance, idyllic European cities and happy-ever-afters, Karen is a master of the holiday listen.

Award-winning YouTube sensation Melanie Murphy visits Audible Studios to discuss her biography, Fully Functioning Human (Almost): Living in an Online/Offline World. Having grown up in a digital age, Melanie details her experience of dealing with cyberbullies, dumping by text, the pressures of social media and the effects of suffering from anxiety, poor self-esteem and depression.

After great success with her Imperial Radch trilogy, sci-fi author Ann Leckie comes to Audible to chat with us about her latest release, Provenance. We talk to her about what we can expect from Provenance, how it differs from her previous books and what prompted her to start writing novels.

YouTube star Hannah Witton visits the Audible Studios to talk about her first book, Doing It: Let's Talk About Sex. After starting to create YouTube videos in 2011, Hannah now has over 300,000 subscribers and works with Radio 1, MTV and Awesomeness TV. Her varied videos are about books, films, travel and advice, with a focus on sex and relationships. In Doing It: Let's Talk About Sex, straight-talking Hannah tackles everything from masturbation and puberty to slut shaming and consent.

Graeme Simsion joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss his work.

Maria Semple joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book.

Jen Sincero talks to Elise Italiaander about her latest book You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth. This book is an in-depth, step-by-step guide to ditching your fear, loathing and limiting beliefs around money, and mastering the mindset you need to start making it like you ain't never made it before. Jen has spoken on stages all over the world and has coached full-on superheroes, helping her clients build their dream businesses, become New York Times best-selling authors and more.

Pippa Malmgren is a market economist, high-tech entrepreneur, and former presidential advisor. She has launched a video series called Fifty Shades of Economics which explores economics in an accessible way, and is the author of the new book Signals; The Breakdown of the Social Contract and the Rise of Geopolitics, which she discusses in this exclusive Audible Sessions interview.