#063: Josh Malerman – Definition of an artist, the power of “the end,” and what it means to be a Prolific.
Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and also one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song “The Luck You Got” can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show “Shameless.”
His critically acclaimed novel, Bird Box has been adapted into a Netflix feature film starring Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, and Sarah Paulson and was also nominated for the Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Herbert Award. The sequel novel, Malorie, was released earlier this year to roaring success, and his books Black Mad Wheel and Goblin have also been nominated for Stoker Awards.
In this episode we go deep into:
Josh answers questions from Patrons:
Faye Trask: How much say did you have when it came to turning Birdbox into a movie? Did you get to do anything neat like meet the actors or visit the set?
Find out more about Josh:
https://joshmalerman.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joshmalerman/
https://twitter.com/joshmalerman/
https://www.facebook.com/JoshMalerman/
Links from the show:
https://www.danielwillcocks.com
Josh Malerman’s This Is Horror interview: https://pod.link/599755380/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhpc2lzaG9ycm9yLmNvLnVrLz9wPTMxNTk3
Malerman’s “Goblin”: https://books2read.com/u/b6Kvq0
Malerman’s “Malorie”: https://books2read.com/u/me79aV
Malerman’s “Bird Box”: https://books2read.com/u/mKywq5
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Collaboration for Authors: https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn
Special thanks to:
Intro vocals: Persephone Rose
Show theme: Karl Hughes
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