I speak to authors, publishers, agents, newsrooms, and the occasional room of skeptical academics about what's actually happening inside commercial fiction right now. Twenty-plus stages a year and a reputation for saying the quiet part out loud. If you need a speaker who has the receipts, we should talk.
A field report from the author who has probably thought about this the most hours, with the most books at stake. What changes, what doesn't, what the next ten years look like. 45 minutes + Q&A.
A craft lecture on emotional architecture, structural honesty, and why the most-read genre on earth is also the most reverse-engineered. 90 minutes, interactive.
The math, the systems, the marriage you have to protect, and the thing nobody warns you about at book seventy. Best as a 3-person panel; I can moderate or sit.
The long conversation. What actually happened in March 2024, what I'd do differently, and how I think about public writing now.
A three-minute walk-through of the keynote I bring to stages — the core argument, the slides that land, and what producers and programme chairs can expect on the day. Watch it, then let's talk about your event.
"Coral was the talk of the conference for three days. Attendees were still quoting her keynote on the plane home. Rebook her. Seriously."
"A rare speaker who is both a working practitioner and a clear thinker. Our audience left with homework — in the best way."
Branded and pre-cleared — cover sheet, fact sheet, short and long bios, talking points, and five signature keynotes. Lift the quotes, print the bios, forward the whole kit to whoever is introducing me.
Response inside five business days. Speaking calendar is currently open for events from September 2026 through late 2027.
Quoted per event. Any reasonable costs incurred (travel, accommodation, on-site production) covered by the host.
