Joe burst onto the fantasy scene in 2003 with his debut The Blade Itself. His books have climbed high up the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and he had some unusual advice for writers when we spoke to him at GollanczFest.
Joe is best known for the First Law Trilogy – The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings – and the stand-alone novels in the same world – Best Served Cold, The Heroes, and Red Country.
He has also written the Shattered Sea trilogy for young (and old) adults – Half a King, Half the World, and Half a War.
The world of the First Law collides with the industrial age in a new trilogy – The Age of Madness – which began in September 2019 with A Little Hatred, continued a year later with The Trouble With Peace and concludes in September 2021 with The Wisdom of Crowds.
EP448: Jonathan Whitelaw — “Turn The Idea on its Head."
EP447: Jessie Keane — “Don’t Be Afraid."
EP446: Katy Brent — “Doing Something Meaningful"
EP445: Amita Parikh — “Don’t Be a Victim."
EP444: Deep Dive — Experiments with ChatGPT with Jeevani Charika
EP443: JS Monroe — “Weird Alchemy"
EP442: Deep Dive — Bookouture with Jenny Geras
EP440: Delilah S Dawson — “It Was Always in my Head."
EP440: Academy All Stars - Kate Baker - "Being Ultraflexible!"
EP439: David McCloskey — “A Lonely Team Sport."
EP438: Deep Dive — Police Procedures with Stuart Gibbon
EP437: Jayne Davis — “Sometimes it Just Feels Right."
EP436: Dave Dawson — “Grammar Free in the UK"
EP435: Rosie Andrews — “Carve out time for yourself"
EP434: Mark Edwards — “It Changed My Life."
EP433: Matt Brown — “The Worst Thing They’d Ever Read"
EP432: Zack & Michael Urlocker — “There Can Only Be One Boss."
EP431: Richard Armitage — “Know, Don’t Show."
EP430: Simon Scarrow — “Trust the Reader"
EP429: Deep Dive — Second Sky with Jack Renninson
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