Douglas Richards

Jun 24, 2022

The Career of a Writer

A Discussion with Novelist Douglas Richards

New Books Network 2022

In this episode of How To Be Wrong, we talk with novelist New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Douglas Richards, about his career as a writer and how his started in the biotech industry. Doug is the author of 18 novels, his most recent being the science fiction thriller, Unidentified. Our conversation explores questions of changing paths in one’s career and also the complex and difficult work that goes into being a writer.

John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is Professor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations.

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John Traphagan

John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is a visiting professor in the Center for International Education at Waseda University in Tokyo and Professor Emeritus in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas at Austin.

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