In Episode One of That Wilbur Smith Show hosts and co-writers Tom Harper and Diana Thomas take a look at the first part of Wilbur’s debut novel, the classic coming of age adventure story When the Lion Feeds, in which we are introduced to Sean and Garrick Courtney, whose exploits and relationships would go on to spawn the longest running family saga in literary history. They also discuss some of the writing techniques that Wilbur would hone over the next 55 years of his matchless career as an author and recall their own memories of reading the book for the first time and what they learned from it, along with the thrill of working with Wilbur.