Elena Taylor

Beneath the Marigolds: A New Psychological Thriller

Beneath the Marigolds, the debut psychological thriller by Emily C. Whitson. Author Interview + Book & Author Info + Rafflecopter Giveaway + Author Pet Corner! Beneath the Marigolds Playing on our universal fascination with reality TV, Emily C. Whitson’s Beneath the Marigolds is The Bachelor(ette) gone terribly wrong. When her best friend, Reese Marigold, goes missing after […]

Horror Writer Dan McDowell Launches Level Zero

Horror writer Dan McDowell launches his debut novel, Level Zero. Author Interview + Book & Author Info + Author Pet Corner Level Zero “The Shining meets Dante’s Inferno … brimming with sinister surprises sure to keep horror fans up at night.” –Best Thrillers The Oak Hollow Hotel stands eight stories above Riverton, Texas. Despite not operating as such […]

Arsenic and Adobo: Debut by Mia P Manansala

Arsenic and Adobo, the debut novel by the International Thriller Writer Debut Author Program writer Mia P Manansala. Author Interview + Author & Book Info + Pet Corner! Arsenic and Adobo One of BuzzFeed’s Highly Anticipated Mystery Novels of 2021!The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one […]

Jessica Hamilton Launches What You Never Knew

Jessica Hamilton launches her debut novel What You Never Knew. I’m thrilled to introduce another International Thriller Writers Debut Program Author! Author Interview with Jessica Hamilton + Book & Author Info What You Never Knew by Jessica Hamilton Told in alternating points of view between the living and the dead, Jessica Hamilton’s debut novel will […]

Medical Thriller — Unnatural by Deven Greene

Medical Thriller, Unnatural by Deven Greene,  launches this week. Author Interview + Book & Author Info Medical Thriller: Unnatural by Deven Greene Dr. Erica Rosen is perplexed when she sees a young Chinese girl with blue eyes in her San Francisco pediatrics clinic. The girl’s mother, Ting, is secretive, and Erica suspects she has entered […]

PI Novel Launches a Brand New Series

Thrilled to introduce author Mary Keliikoa and her debut PI Novel, Derailed. The PI Novel has always been my go-to subgenre in Crime Fiction. I cut my teeth on Sue Grafton and wanted to be Kinsey Millhone when I was twelve. The genre continues to grow and change, but that feisty, female protagonist is still […]

Three Subgenres in Crime Fiction: Three New Novels

Subgenres in Crime Fiction – something for every reader! One Military Thriller, One Historical Mystery, and One Suspense Thriller There are a lot of subgenres in crime fiction. Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll love discovering these debut authors and their brand new releases! I’m thrilled to introduce Al Pessin, Erica Ruth Neubauer, and Richard Santos. […]

Crooked Lane Launches Debut Ian Pisarcik

Crooked Lane launches debut Ian Pisarcik with Before Familiar Woods. A novel already garnering excellent reviews, including a starred review with Publisher’s Weekly. Click the link here to read the full. Not only do we have the same publisher and editor, but we both live in Washington State. I’m thrilled to host Ian on my […]

One Hitwoman, One Debut Novel, and a Ghost

From Literary Horror to a Hitwoman, this debut novelist kills. The International Thriller Writers’ Debut Author Program runs from July to July, so if a writer’s debut novel comes out after the dates of ThrillerFest, they become a debut for the following year. That sometimes means an author is a debut when they have a […]

New Books for 2020: Introducing 2 Debut Authors

New Books for 2020! I’m excited to start off 2020 by introducing a fellow Crooked Lane author, M.L. Huie. You can meet me and M.L. both at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC on May 24th. Want more information on my upcoming events? Visit my event page by clicking the link here. I’m thrilled to also […]

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