Great Stories about Great Storytellers
GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.
Great Stories about Great Storytellers
Dick Francis--A Thriller Writer to Bet On
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Randy Overbeck
In this episode, you'll learn--
- How Dick Francis excelled as a British jockey and horseman
- How he used this novel to create a sub genre of thrillers and mysteries
- How his writing awards include the only author to win the "Edgar" for mystery of the year, three different times
- How Dick Francis accomplished in his writing something no other bestselling author has ever done.
Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!