Greek Australian author Peter Papathanasiou follows up his first novel  -  the 2021 crime debut novel of the year  The Stoning - with another haunting story, The Invisible. A burnt out Detective Sergeant George Manolis travels to Greece to reconnect with his roots...

Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading today Peter talks about combining a leading career as a medical geneticist with fiction, and the space allowing his creative spirit to blossom filled in his life.

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Links to this show episode

Peter Papathanasiou. Memoir, Little One:  https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Peter-Papathanasiou-Little-One-9781760875596

Peter Temple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Temple

Jane Harper: https://janeharper.com.au/

Miles Franklin Award: https://www.perpetual.com.au/milesfranklin#:

Outback Noir:  https://www.penguin.com.au/articles/3398-crime-novels-set-in-the-australian-outback#:

Chris Hammer: https://chrishammerauthor.com/

Garry Disher: https://garrydisher.com/

Adrian Hyland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Hyland

Florina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florina

Wake In Fright – 1971 movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mh7qZq0f_w

Wake In Fright Kenneth cook book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1533656.Wake_in_Fright

Wake In Fright – new release movie:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbS4Yt4aBHU

Where to find Peter Papanathasiou Online

Website: https://www.hachette.com.au/peter-papathanasiou/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeterPapathanasiouWriter

Twitter: https://twitter.com/peteplastic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petepapathanasiou/

Introducing author Peter Papathanasiou

Jenny Wheeler: Here we are with Peter. Welcome to the show, Peter. It's really great to have you with us.

Peter Papathanasiou crime writer.

Peter Papathanasiou: thanks Jenny. It's great to be here.

Jenny Wheeler: Now you built a very successful career as an internationally recognized research geneticist before you began your writing. That's hard to even get your mouth around research geneticist. But you say that you've always had a passion for writing. What part did writing play on your life when you were doing your serious academic?

It might not have even played a part. Just tell us about.

Peter Papathanasiou: I used to write a lot as a kid, read and write. I eventually wanted to create my own stories. I was pretty good at school and I became more and more academic. And as I became more academic with science mathematics and these hardcore subjects, I started to leave the creativity behind.

And for many years I, yeah, I didn't touch it at all. And I guess the way I was doing it was probably like writing letters and emails to friends and that's where I was telling them stories about what was happening in my life and things that had happened in the past as well.

I did a law degree as well and I think that helped improve my writing. A lot of scientists do struggle to write and also help my writing generally, but for many years it was mainly just I look back at some of. Emails and they were like 20, 30 pages long

Jenny Wheeler: Oh my gosh.

Peter Papathanasiou: It was just a way of catching up and staying connected and when I look back on it, it was a form of creative writing.