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Listen to Daniel Wallace talk about his tough-love encounter with the legendary editor, Gordon Lish (Captain Fiction):
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Music for this episode is entitled “Reluctant Soldier,” by Will Harrison. It’s available on Epidemic Sound.
Season Two, Episode 17 Show Notes
Unveiling Secrets With Writer Daniel Wallace
Photo by Mallory Cash
Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, young Daniel Wallace was drawn to William Nealy’s world. William was brilliant, talented, a maverick, an adrenaline junkie. He was the boyfriend of Daniel’s sister Holly. Daniel had been pegged to take over the family’s successful import/export business, a role he instinctively knew he wasn’t cut out for. William became like a brother to him, showing him how to live a creative and fulfilling life outside the mainstream. Daniel’s new book, This Isn’t Going to End Well, is both elegy and a personal narrative of how he was witness to the lives of Holly and Williams, two remarkable people who died young. He unravels William’s secrets that almost died with him.
Bio—
Daniel Wallace is the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of six award-winning novels, including Big Fish, Extraordinary Adventures, and Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician. Big Fish, his first novel, was made into a film directed by Tim Burton and was also adapted into a Broadway musical. He has also written and illustrated a children’s book, The Cat’s Pajamas. This Isn’t Going to End Well, published by Algonquin, is his first work of nonfiction. He wrote the introduction to 27 Views of Chapel Hill and his work is featured in the anthology, The Carolina Table, both published by Eno Publishers. Daniel is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Sir Walter Raleigh Award, the Harper Lee Award, and the Alabama Author Award. He is a prolific cartoonist.