PODCAST: James Colley & Christian White on Crime, Comedy and Their Kids

Christian White (The Ledge, Clickbait) and James Colley (The Next Big Thing, Gruen) have a laugh and talk about writing with their partners, the difference between crime and comedy (and how they’re also strangely similar), and how their habits have impacted their kids. Learn more about the two authors, James’ inspiration behind his debut, Christian’s love for the film industry, and as always, the world of publishing in this new episode of Authors on Authors.

About the authors:

Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter whose credits include feature film Relic, Netflix series Clickbait and numerous other projects in the pipeline. His debut novel The Nowhere Child was one of Australia’s bestselling debut novels ever, with rights sold in 17 international territories and a major screen deal. Christian’s second book, The Wife and the Widow, and third, Wild Place, were instant bestsellers. The Ledge is his fourth novel.

James Colley is a comedy writer and producer known for his work as head writer on Gruen, Gruen Nation, Question Everything and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. He’s written on Summer Love, Bravest Warriors, Tomorrow Tonight and Tonightly with Tom Ballard and for live events such as FireAid and the ARIAs 2019 and 2020. James is a regular columnist for the Spectrum liftout in the Sydney Morning Herald, and his writing has been featured in the Guardian, Frankie Magazine, Crikey, the Big Issue and Junkee. He has performed live at Vivid Sydney, the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Splendour in the Grass, the Sydney Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival. The Next Big Thing is his debut novel.