Elena Taylor

Clarissa Goenawan, Kathleen Valenti & Ellison Cooper: Debut Authors

I’m thrilled to introduce three new ITW Debut Authors this week. Clarissa Goenawan, Kathleen Valenti, and Ellison Cooper CLARISSA GOENAWAN   Clarissa Goenawan is an Indonesian-born Singaporean writer. Her debut novel, Rainbirds, is the winner of the 2015 Bath Novel Award.    Her short stories have won several awards and been published in various literary […]

Hart Hanson, Kellye Garrett, and Roger Johns Discuss Their Debut Novels

I’m going to continue interviewing International Thriller Writers’ Debut Authors, but I’m changing up the format. I’m going to include multiple authors in each post, giving readers an even greater opportunity for finding new authors. I’m thrilled to launch this new format with three exciting debut authors: Hart Hanson, Kellye Garrett, and Rodger Johns. HART HANSON […]

Three Thriller Writers With Three New Novels: Hollie Overton, Pamela Crane, and JL Delozier

Just checking in with a couple fabulous mystery/thriller authors. Looking for some new twisty-turning thrill rides to read? Look no further than these three… HOLLIE OVERTON Hollie Overton is an experienced TV writer currently working on the second season of Freeform’s “Shadowhunters.” She previously wrote for two seasons of Lifetime’s “The Client List,” and the final […]

Brian Klingborg: Small Town Murder, Big Time Thriller

This week’s interview is with ITW debut author Brian Klingborg.  THE AUTHOR Brian Klingborg works in the educational publishing field. He’s written books on Kung Fu, and he wrote for the Winx Club television series. Kill Devil Falls is his first novel. He lives in New York City. You can find Brian on Twitter  THE INTERVIEW You […]

Debut Novelist Gustaf Berger: One Author’s Relationship with Bookstores

Happy to have ITW Debut Author Gustaf Berger as my guest blogger this week. Gustaf was born during WWII on the day the Japanese launched the first of their Kamikaze attacks on American warships. By the time he was 44, he’d had two failed marriages, two distressed children, numerous affairs,  and virtually no friends. He’d […]

Author David McCaleb on the Craft of Writing

This week’s guest blog is from ITW Debut Author David McCaleb. David writes the national bestselling RedOps series, which began with Recall and continued with Reload. David McCaleb is a thriller author, humorist, entrepreneur, business owner, veteran, USAFA grad, proud husband, and father. His experiences include a stint in bullet manufacturing, patenting an environmentally safe oil-changing […]

Lincoln, Lawyers, and Murder on the US Frontier: Author Jonathan F Putnam

This week I’m hanging out with Jonathan F. Putnam, author of the Lincoln and Speed Mystery Series. Jonathan has been a trial lawyer in the New York City office of the international law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP since 1993.  He specializes in representing companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation, often disputes involving intellectual […]

Writing Dark Thrillers: Debut Author S. A. Stovall

This week I get to hang out with ITW Debut Author S.A. Stovall. Her first novel, Vice City is available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobel and DSP Publications.  S.A. Stovall grew up in California’s central valley with a single mother and little brother. Despite no one in her family having a degree higher than a […]

From Television News to Debut Novelist, Christina Kovac launches The Cutaway

On this very smoky Sunday (for those of us in the Pacific Northwest…) I bring you Christina Kovak! Debut author of The Cutaway. Prior to writing fiction, Christina Kovac worked in television news. Her career began with a college internship at Fox 5’s Ten O’Clock News in DC that turned into a field-producing job—making minimum wage while chasing news […]

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