Jed is joined by Gabriel Bergmoser, one of his favourite authors, to discuss his latest thriller - an incredibly tense and suspenseful story about a trip through the Australian outback that goes horribly wrong. To listen to 'The Hitchhiker' for FREE, sign up for a free, 30-day Audible trial here: https://www.audible.com/mk/freetrial CHECK OUT JED'S PAST CONVERSATIONS WITH GABRIEL: Nov. 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_HyO6APsV0 June 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHilhiMc5L4 June 2020 Pt. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiz1-sAtfNw June 2020 Pt. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haw5utrSRbE PATREON: Support Wizards, Warriors, & Words on Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/wizardswarriorswords EMAIL US YOUR QUESTIONS: wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com OUR WEBSITE: https://wizardswarriorswords.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 4:31 - 'The Hitchhiker' and working with Audible 13:30 - Thematic connections between 'The Hitchhiker' and 'The Hunted' 20:14 - Bruce Springsteen and music influences 26:32 - Accessing 'The Hitchhiker' on Audible (with free trial) 27:32 - SPOILERS for 'The Hitchhiker' and subverting hitchhiker tropes 35:41 - What made 'The Hitchhiker' such a fun project 40:40 - The book's "villain" 47:10 - Maggie and character cameos 1:00:18 - Jed's favourite scene in 'The Hitchhiker' 1:06:28 - Rapid fire questions 1:14:52 - Outro/Patreon FOR MORE ABOUT OUR HOSTS & OUR BOOKS: Jed Herne: https://jedherne.com/ Dyrk Ashton: https://www.paternusbooks.com/ Michael R. Fletcher: http://michaelrfletcher.com/ Rob J. Hayes: https://www.robjhayes.co.uk/ This episode was produced and edited by Adrian M. Gibson. https://amgibson.com/ Thanks to all of our patrons for funding the show, and an extra-special shoutout to our Legendary Wizard patrons, Taylon, Daniel and Luis! #gabrielbergmoser #audible #thriller #podcast #podcasting #podcasts #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #writing #writingadvice #writingcommunity #writers #author #authortube #panel #books #literature #reading #read #advice