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Hosted by Michelle Reeves · education · EN
Interviews with debut authors as they take their first steps into the publishing world or into a new genre. While most podcasts spotlight bestselling writers, Behind the Debut is a space dedicated to new talent—giving emerging authors the chance to share the journey, struggles, and stories behind their very first books. michellereeveswrites.substack.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchInterviews with debut authors as they take their first steps into the publishing world or into a new genre. While most podcasts spotlight bestselling writers, Behind the Debut is a space dedicated to new talent, giving emerging authors the chance to share the journey, struggles, and stories behind their very first books.
Behind the Debut is hosted by Michelle Reeves. The show has published 14 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Behind the debut with Mona Tebyanian" (7 October 2025, 18 minutes), "Behind the debut with Nicole Annbury" (19 September 2025, 27 minutes), and "Behind the debut with Libby Tanner" (9 September 2025, 36 minutes).
Behind the Debut publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 14 episodes.
Booking probability for Behind the Debut is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Behind the Debut requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Behind the Debut's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Behind the Debut are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Behind the Debut has an education audience.
Michelle Reeves hosts Behind the Debut, an education podcast with 14 episodes published.
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Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In today’s episode, the final one of this current series, I’m delighted to welcome Mona...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In today’s episode I’m delighted to welcome Nicole Annbury, a writer of dark fiction in the...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In this episode I’m delighted to welcome Libby Tanner, author of the debut novel ‘Better Than...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In today’s episode I’m delighted to welcome Michelle J, a fantasy author from upstate New...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In this episode, I chat with Rocio Carranza - a multi-genre writer, spent most of her youth...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In this episode, I chat with a brand new young writer and poet from Pakistan, Sarah Ali...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In this episode, I chat with M.A. Batten - a neurodiverse screenwriter and award-winning...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In today’s slightly different episode, I’m delighted to welcome Kate Tremills.</p><p>Kate is...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In this episode, I’m delighted to welcome Nikolas Allen, a lifelong creative with a...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome back to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their journey to publication.</p><p>In this episode, I’m delighted to welcome Sal Gallahar, Sydney-based author of Secrets In The...
Behind the Debut
<p>In this episode, I chat with WJR Pollard, who shares his varied journey from the army, construction and maximum security prison guard to writing and self-publishing his debut book - Chosen - the first in his...
Behind the Debut
<p>In this episode of Behind the Debut I chat with Bronek Carr about his debut non-fiction book: “Master Notion” a practical roadmap to transforming my favourite productivity app - Notion - from a simple note-taking...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome to the first episode of the Behind the Debut podcast! Today I chat with Christine aka C.W. Rose about her debut romance novel Ocean Song.</p><p>In our conversation you’ll hear tons of behind the scenes...
Behind the Debut
<p>Welcome to Behind The Debut, a podcast to shine a light on first-time authors and their incredible journeys to publication. I’m your host, Michelle Reeves, a traditionally and self-published author myself, and I love...
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