Continuing the spirit of Pride Month, here are queer authors whose writing embodies the spirit of the mystery and thriller genres while imbuing some much needed-representation to novels and to authors. Writing has always been for everybody, by everybody, and publishers and audiences alike are only now celebrating this notion. Many genres, such as YA […]
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TSM: You two have been co-authors for several years and have written multiple books together. What does your writing process usually look like? How has it evolved over the years as you’ve learned to write together? A&W: Well, we’d like to give you a long overview of our insanely disciplined and well developed process, but […]
“For a quarter of a century, The Strand has not only been bringing fabulous contemporary mystery and thriller stories to readers—but it has also managed, on an astonishingly regular basis, to dig up unpublished and long-lost stories by the titans of the past, including James M. Cain, Shirley Jackson, Raymond Chandler…” —Douglas Preston (New York […]
TSM: As a prolific author of numerous military thriller novels, what has been the most challenging thing about the genre you’ve come to define your work by? JH: The military thriller genre is PACKED with so much talent and with guys like Mark Greaney, Brad Taylor, Brad Thor, Jack Carr, Andrews and Wilson, Simon Gervais […]
TSM: How did you initially come to write in the psychological thriller genre? Are there any authors, novels, films, or other pieces of media that drew you in or inspire you in your current writing? WW: When I first started writing, I was drawn to legal thrillers – mostly because I was a lawyer, and […]
By Reavis Wortham My works are always set in small-town Texas. Though I exist near the DFW metroplex, I’m no fan of cities, and only a couple of chapters in a twelve-year career as a novelist have occurred in those canyons of concrete and steel. Maybe that’s because my roots run deep in rural Northeast […]
It is hard to write a review about a book with as many layers as Joe Scapellato’s The Made-Up Man, Scapellato’s 2019 debut novel. Part noir, part bildungsroman, part psychological thriller, The Made-Up Man is something that is truly unique and stands on its own. The novel follows Stanley, a man in his late twenties […]
TSM: Most of your novels have been inspired, to some degree or other, by real historical happenings. What do you find most intriguing or otherwise inspiring about the historical events and periods that you’ve drawn on in your works? JH: Well for the newest book, The Siberia Job, the real story on which it’s based […]