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An Interview with Lee Child (Part 1)

Photos by Brian Killigrew   Lee Child is the bestselling author of what Publisher’s Weekly calls “arguably today’s finest thriller series.” Its huge, and hugely popular, protagonist—a giant, incorruptible drifter named Jack Reacher—has been dubbed “the thinking reader’s action hero.” … Continue reading

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An excerpt from HUNTER: A Thriller

  I know, I know: We’re in a recession. You’re careful about spending. Which is why some readers like you have asked me if they can sample a few pages of my new thriller, HUNTER, before deciding whether to purchase … 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 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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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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How the Lone Ranger inspired me to write thrillers

I mentioned this in passing in my previous post. But now I fully…er…unmask myself and reveal the vigilante inspiration for my turn to thriller-writing. Thanks much to award-winning indie author Nathan Lowell for inviting me to do this guest post: … Continue reading

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My Moral Teachers Were Fictional Lawbreakers

Interviewers have been asking me which writers have been most influential in my own development as a novelist. In coming posts, I shall pay homage to those authors. But first, I thought I would take a journey back many decades, … Continue reading

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