Publishing phenomenon Matthew Reilly is known for his action/thriller novels. His first book, Contest, was self-published in 1996. After being knocked back by every major publisher in Sydney, he produced 1,000 copies of Contest himself, and eventually won a publishing deal with Pan Macmillan. The rest is history and a self-publishing fairytale that ends up with Matthew being becoming an international best seller. His first book with Pan Macmillan was Ice Station, followed by Contest, Temple and many more. He has sold over 7.5 million copies of his novels worldwide. He is the author of over a dozen novels and novellas. More recent ones include The Tournament, The Great Zoo of China and Troll Mountain. The Murder and Mayhem podcast is brought to you by the course "How to Write About Murder". www.MurderCourse.com

<p>Publishing phenomenon Matthew Reilly is known for his action/thriller novels. His first book, Contest, was self-published in 1996. After being knocked back by every major publisher in Sydney, he produced 1,000 copies of Contest himself, and eventually won a publishing deal with Pan Macmillan. The rest is history and a self-publishing fairytale that ends up with Matthew being becoming an international best seller. His first book with Pan Macmillan was Ice Station, followed by Contest, Temple and many more. He has sold over 7.5 million copies of his novels worldwide. He is the author of over a dozen novels and novellas. More recent ones include The Tournament, The Great Zoo of China and Troll Mountain. The Murder and Mayhem podcast is brought to you by the course "How to Write About Murder". www.MurderCourse.com</p>

Welcome to Murder and Mayhem – the podcast where we explore the dark and mysterious side of writing. It’s a world filled with more evil and crime than you can shake a sharpened stick at – where people save the world from certain destruction, where spies, terrorists and thugs abound, and where the killer could be someone in your very own home. It's also a world often filled with flawed heroes and likeable villains. But above all, it’s a place where we explore the authors who tell these very stories – what makes them tick and how their words manage take us to some of the darkest corners of our imaginations...
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Murder and Mayhem: Get inside the dark minds of the world’s top crime and thriller writers.

Publishing phenomenon Matthew Reilly is known for his action/thriller novels. His first book, Contest, was self-published in 1996. After being knocked back by every major publisher in Sydney, he produced 1,000 copies of Contest himself, and eventually...

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