Troy Hunter on true crime and its influences on fiction, changing your book’s age range, and the benefits of seeking feedback on your manuscript.
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Troy Hunter on true crime and its influences on fiction, changing your book’s age range, and the benefits of seeking feedback on your manuscript.
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Troy is an adult and YA fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in a variety of publications and journals. He lives in Melbourne on unceded Wurundjeri lands and works as a marketing and communications consultant.
Gus and the Missing Boy was shortlisted for the 2024 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction and its sequel, Gus and the Burning Stones, is coming out in August 2025.
What's inside this episode?
- Troy's inspiration came from a real-life missing person websites.
- Troy discusses why he chose to revisit and rewrite an adult manuscript as a YA novel, highlighting the unique opportunities and challenges of the genre.
- Hear about the invaluable support of sensitivity readers, the publishing community, and expert feedback
- Troy gets real about the shift to self-promotion and marketing that comes after getting the book deal - and why it's far more involved than he anticipated!
Listen now if you need...
… to hear how sensitivity readers can help you tell a more authentic, expansive, and thoughtful story.
My favourite quote:
“Even if you've had other people read your book, no one knows it as well as you do. But suddenly you're working with [your editor] who does, and that is astonishing because you can have these weird minutiae kind of conversations about stuff that you could never have with anyone else.”
What is the last book that Troy read and loved? Dark Roots by Cate Kennedy.
Gus and the Missing Boy by Troy Hunter is available to purchase wherever you buy your books. Alternatively, check in with your local library. If they don’t have a copy yet, put in a request!
Extra (important) information!
✨ You can find Troy Hunter (he/ him) at troyhunterwriter.com
✨ Download The Ultimate Checklist to PREPARE, WRITE and PITCH your Book for FREE!
✨ Subscribe to The Writer, seeks. (I answer writing and publishing questions - for free!!)
✨ Join the Debut Books private writing community!
✨ Buy my debut book, The Little Black Book of Publishing!
✨ Check out the list of Debut Australian authors for 2024 and 2025
✨ Check out Big Pitch Energy, a self-paced online course to help you pitch and submit your manuscript to Australian agents and publishers with clarity and confidence.
👋🏼 Until next time friend!