J.D. Barker

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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J.D. Barker: White Russian (2 ounces vodka, 1 ounce Kahlua, 1 ounce heavy cream) J.D. talks about how he stalked and then connected with Stephen King, how his partnership with James Patterson has changed his writing method, the way he has turned his Asperger Syndrome into his secret weapon for writing novels, the landmark publishing imprint of his own within Simon & Schuster and how he worked with CEO Jonathan Karp and the private equity firm KKR to establish the business model for it, the pros and cons of independent publishing and traditional publishing, the remote island that is the setting for his latest ‘Chiller’ novel as well as is the setting for his real life.

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0:00.0	Dedicated is expanding. We are now filming our segments. We are doing some slick new video inside
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0:27.0	of your favorite authors and hear conversations with the world's greatest writers as they
0:31.9	discuss their writing lifestyle, creative process, latest work, and behind-the-scenes revelations.
0:41.1	Welcome to Dedicated. Today we're with J.D. Barker. Since his debut novel, just over 10 years ago,
0:46.4	he has taken the thriller and suspense category by Storm. He's one of the most successful
0:50.8	authors out there. He even has his own imprint inside Simon and Schuster, something I don't know of any other author having, so we'll learn more about that. He's one of the most talented authors working and also one of the most innovative when it comes to the business side of publishing. Can't wait to talk about all of it. J.D., welcome. Hey, thanks for having me. I appreciate it. And this is the first white Russian we've ever had on the show. So I'm excited to get that going. I honestly thought this was a publicity thing, but we are literally sitting here with the bottle. So it is happening. It is definitely happening. I don't know much about the drink other than it was the Jeff Bridges the dude drink, I think. Big Lebowski, right? You know, to me, it's adult chocolate milk.
1:29.2	Like, I've never grown out of chocolate milk. And, like, it's my all-time favorite drink. I have never learned how to make it because I am deathly afraid of, like, if I understand what it actually goes into this, I have no idea how many I'll start drinking at home. So this is very dangerous because I'm watching you do this, and it doesn't look very complicated.
1:27.1	It's not pretty simple.
1:28.6	It does taste like an adult yoohoo.
1:30.7	Yeah. So this is very dangerous because I'm watching you do this, and it doesn't look very complicated. It's not.
1:44.5	It's pretty simple.
1:45.3	It does taste like an adult yoohoo.
1:47.3	Yeah.
1:48.0	And so it's just two parts vodka, one part, Kalua, topped with heavy cream.
1:53.7	I'd like you to know organic heavy cream.
1:56.0	Perfect.
1:56.6	Okay.
1:57.8	The good stuff for you.
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