Tag Archives: Brad Thor

So, What Is a Thriller?

  Fiction genres tend to have porous boundaries, mixing and blending into each other. Many books are hybrids that cross genres. For instance, you can’t define a “thriller” solely by its settings, since they can take place almost anywhere, and … Continue reading

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New Interview of Me by Maggie James

  I’m absolutely delighted with this new interview of me, conducted and published by British psychological suspense author Maggie James on her website. A thousand thanks to Maggie for fresh questions that are different from those I usually get. I … Continue reading

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A Public Event for All You Thriller Fans

  UPDATE, 7/21/13: I want to insert this news up front on this post: BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Brad Thor, who just hit #1 on the New York Times combined ebook/print book bestseller list for his new thriller HIDDEN ORDER. You … Continue reading

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Fictional Heroes and Personal Transformation

  Here is a new essay by me, published online for the first time at The Atlasphere. It presents the reasons — now backed by empirical psychological studies — why fictional heroes provide us not “mindless escapism,” but are actually … Continue reading

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Outstanding FORBES Article on Indie Publishing

  A long, impressively researched article about how self-publishing is revolutionizing the publishing industry, written by marketing expert and author David Vinjamuri, has appeared in Forbes. David interviewed and quoted me, along with a couple of friends — best-selling indie … Continue reading

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Great Ebook Deal for Brad Thor’s First Thriller

    Here’s a great deal for thriller readers who want an introduction to the terrific work of my friend and #1 New York Times author Brad Thor: For the rest of May 2012 only, the first novel in Brad’s … Continue reading

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I’m Profiled on “The Thorum Underground”

“The Thorum Underground” — a fan website devoted to the work of one of my heroes, best-selling thriller author Brad Thor — just launched a “Featured Author of the Month” page. I’m honored to report that for their inaugural author … Continue reading

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Interviews with Indies: Stephen England — Counterterrorism Thriller Author

  I noticed Stephen England and his work pretty early during my own efforts to become an “indie” author. His Pandora’s Grave was attracting comment, and when I checked out his feisty online comments, I found that he sounded a … Continue reading

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An Interview with Brad Thor–Master of the Political Thriller

Reviewers and admirers—including his fellow authors—have called #1 New York Times best-selling author Brad Thor “the master of thrillers,” “as current as tomorrow’s headlines,” and “quite possibly the next coming of Robert Ludlum.” Suspense magazine described him as “arguably the … Continue reading

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The Best Thriller Writers — Ever (Part I)

  In a previous post, “My Moral Teachers Were Fictional Lawbreakers,” I discussed the seminal role that the fictional “vigilantes” of my youth played in my moral development. But their creators—the authors of thriller novels—played a formative role in my … Continue reading

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