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Ep. 2, Jake Needham
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Ep. 2, Jake Needham

Jake Needham shares stories old and new from his career penning pulpy thrillers set in Bangkok and Singapore.

My guest is Jake Needham, author of the Samuel Tay and Jack Shepherd series, and of The Big Mango, all of which are set in East Asia. Jake spoke with me from his home in Bangkok.

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  • 0:00 - Intro to Jake Needham

  • 02:02 - How I discovered Jake’s work

  • 04:01 - Writing screenplays and The Big Mango

  • 6:29 - Jim Gandolfini and a movie deal

  • 8:13 - What a writer needs to bring to the table

  • 9:39 - Being an American author based in Asia

  • 13:30 - Gender in publishing and in the audience

  • 15:04 - The seedy reputation of white men writing in Asia

  • 18:57 - The power of distribution

  • 24:55 - The writing itself

  • 26:32 - Sam Tay and the perils of writing about Singapore

  • 33:10 - Social media musings

  • 36:18 - Traditionally versus self-published

  • 44:32 - Jake recommends the works of Diane Capri


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