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 […]
Tracee de Hahn Talks Switzerland, Michael Connelly, and Where to Locate a Good Murder
Tracee de Hahn is my wonderful guest blogger this week. Tracee was a member of ITW’s Debut Author program last year and is getting ready to release her second novel. Tracee de Hahn is author of the Agnes Lüthi mysteries, which were inspired by her years living in Switzerland. Prior to writing full time she practiced […]
The Debutona 500: ITW Debut Author Program
International Thriller Writers is thrilled to announce that as of this summer, more than five hundred writers have been through the Debut Author Program. This year’s Debut Author program chair, Elena Hartwell sat down (well, virtually anyway) in conversation with our first Debut Author and our five hundredth Debut Author, to find out a little bit about where we started […]
Collaboration in Writing: JT Rogers and the Debut Novel “In From The Cold”
If two heads are better than one (not to be confused with Two Heads are Deader Than One) then two writers should be better too! This week I’m thrilled to include a crime writing duo, ITW Debut author J.T. Rogers is actually S.T. Pelletier and Amanda Schuckman. Here they are as my guests, talking about their process and […]
Debut Author, David Eric Tomlinson on Kenpo, Children, and Writing His Second Novel
Thrilled to introduce all of you to ITW Debut Author, David Eric Tomlinson. In David’s debut novel, The Midnight Man, Dean Goodnight, the first Choctaw Indian employed by the Oklahoma County public defender’s office, pulls a new case—the brutal murder of a once-promising basketball star. The only witness is Caleb, the five-year-old son of the prime suspect. […]
Author Alexia Gordon: Balancing a Medical Career with a Writing Career, and Picking up a Lefty Award Along the Way
This week I got to hang out with ITW Debut Author Alexia Gordon. Here’s Alexia in her own words… A writer since childhood, I put literary endeavors on hold to finish medical school and Family Medicine residency training. Medical career established, I returned to writing fiction. I completed SMU’s Writer’s Path program in Dallas, Texas. […]
Jennifer Soosar, Debut Author Finds Suspense in the Classroom
Introducing ITW Debut Author Jennifer Soosar. She’s joining me this week to talk about her experiences writing her first novel. Jennifer Soosar watched too much ‘America’s Most Wanted’ growing up and has been writing about shady characters ever since. She was born and raised in Toronto and has a degree in anthropology from York University. Her […]
Barbara Bourland: Launching a Novel, Multiple Book Deals, and Terry Gross
So happy to interview Barbara Bourland, ITW Debut Author for this week’s blog. Barbara is the author of I’ll Eat When I’m Dead, a murder mystery set at a fashion magazine. She is at work on Maniacs, its sequel, and her third novel, Pine City, is also forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing and riverrun. Find her […]
Debut Author Shaun Harris Describes His Journey to Publication: Query Angry
I’m very pleased to host ITW Debut Author, Shaun Harris as a guest blogger this week. Shaun Harris grew up the son of a homicide detective in Southern New England. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with degrees in both American Studies and Film and Television. As such he has a crippling obsession with Fighting […]
Hollie Overton: From Television Writer to Novelist
I’m thrilled to have Hollie Overton as my guest blogger this week. In addition to being a member of the ITW Debut Author class, Hollie Overton is a TV writer and producer. She has written for Shadowhunters, Cold Case, and The Client List, Hollie’s debut thriller, BABY DOLL is an international bestseller and was published in eleven […]