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Interview with Tim Stevens — Master of Action Thrillers

  British novelist Tim Stevens is described in reviews as “one of the best writers of thrillers working today” and “the new master of the genre.” Even though he began publishing only about four years ago, Tim already is the … Continue reading

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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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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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The Best Thriller Writers — Ever (Part 2)

  My list of seven “best thriller writers” in the previous post came with some important caveats—such as the fact that they’re really only “the best I’ve ever read,” and that I couldn’t possibly be familiar with all the great … Continue reading

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