Elena Taylor

Write Like a Gold Miner: Novels from Coal

As this year in writing comes to an end, I’m looking forward to having the third book in my Eddie Shoes Mystery Series launch in April. It’s hard to believe that before April 15, 2016, I wasn’t a published author and by April 1, 2018, I’ll have three books out. But April 15, 2016 wasn’t […]

Two Cozy Authors for the Price of One: Tony Perona & Liz Dombrosky = Elizabeth Perona

This week I’m joined by not one, but two amazing Cozy authors. Cozy writer, Elizabeth Perona is actually the father/daughter writing team of Tony Perona and Liz Dombrosky. Tony is the author of the Nick Bertetto mystery series, the standalone thriller The Final Mayan Prophecy, and co-editor and contributor to the anthologies Racing Can Be […]

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 […]

Bruce Robert Coffin on Homicide Investigation, Novel Writing, and Working with the FBI

This week I’m hanging out with novelist Bruce Robert Coffin. Bruce is the bestselling author of the Detective Byron mystery series and former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement.  At the time of his retirement, from the Portland, Maine police department, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine’s largest city. […]

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 […]

Bestselling Author, Allen Eskens on Writing, Publishing, and Movie Deals

I’m thrilled to have award-winning novelist Allen Eskens join us on my blog today. Allen Eskens is the USA Today-bestselling author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another, and The Heavens May Fall. He is the recipient of the Barry Award, Minnesota Book Award, Rosebud Award, and the Silver Falchion Award and has been […]

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 […]

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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