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Meet the Thriller Author

Meet the Thriller Author

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Author Interviews

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MTTA 84: Jim Heskett

Jim Heskett writes award-winning mystery-thrillers (and as J.E. Heskett, post-apocalyptic thrillers), seasoned with a dash of snark. He fell in love with writing at the age of fourteen with a copy of Stephen King’s The Shining. Poetry became his first outlet for teen angst, then later some screenplays, and eventually, short fiction and long fiction…

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MTTA 83: Vince Milam

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Author Vince MilamAmazon Best-Selling Author Vince Milam has lived all over the world, traipsing through the Amazon, Congo, and Papua New Guinea – all the while capturing sights, experiences, and personalities that are incorporated into his writing.

You can see those results in his best-selling Case Lee series of novels.

In this episode of the podcast, we chat about Vince’s globetrotting, his writing, novels, the colorful characters he’s met in real life, and a lot more.

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Vince Milam Books

Vince Milam Books

Show Notes

Other authors mentioned: Larry McMurtry, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Cormac McCarthy, Lee Child, John le Carré, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Clive Cussler.

Currently reading (on the date of the interview): Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch.

We discussed Kyle Mill‘s 40,000-word outline from my interview with him for episode 54.

MTTA 82: James Swallow

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Author James Swallow InterviewJames Swallow is a New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon bestselling author, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominee, a former journalist and the award-winning writer of over fifty books, along with numerous scripts for video games, radio and television.

His Marc Dane novels are fast-paced action thrillers featuring a former MI6 field officer turned private security operative; NOMAD, the first in the series, is published in the US by Forge. Book two – EXILE – was recently published in May of 2019.

Connect with James Swallow: Website | Twitter

Latest from James Swallow

The Marc Dane Series
Marc Dane Series by James Swallow

Notes and Resources

James has written for iconic series including Star Trek:
And 24:

Cool links: James IMDb page

MTTA 81: Michael Lindley

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Author Michael LindleyMichael Lindley is a #1 Amazon author for “Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense” as well as “Historical Mysteries” with his debut novel “The EmmaLee Affairs.” Most recently, his “Lies We Never See” reached #1 for “Historical Thrillers” and “Psychological Thrillers”. His subsequent novels follow this genre in the continuing “Troubled Waters Series”.

His stories feature love and relationships challenged by the troubled waters of betrayal, tragic loss, murder and the many dark forces that can lie just below the surface of our fragile lives.

His latest, “Death on the New Moon,” continues the story of attorney, Hanna Walsh, and Detective Alex Frank in the Low Country of South Carolina first introduced in Amazon #1 “Lies We Never See.”

All of Michael’s books are set in idyllic locales and often intriguing historical contexts.

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Latest from Michael Lindley

Michael Lindley Death On The New Moon

Troubled Waters Series

Show Notes

Michael Lindley and host, Alan Petersen, chatted about his work, his writing process, advertising and marketing, the challenges of writing historical fiction and a lot more.
Other Authors mentioned during the podacast: Dennis Lehane, James Lee Burk, Harlan Coben, Earnest Hemingway, Brad Thor, Daniel Silva, Vince Flynn and more.

Software used: Scrivener

MTTA 80: Mike Omer

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Bestselling Author Mike OmerMike Omer is the author of the Zoe Bentley Mystery Series and the Glenmore Park Mystery Series. In the past, he’s been a journalist, and a game developer.

He lives with his wife and daughter in Israel.

Mike loves to write about true-to-life people who are perpetrators or victims of crimes.

During the interview we discuss Mike’s writing process. His influences. What it’s like to write about serial killers and dark crime fiction that keeps readers turning pages. The challenges of finding a new angle to the genre. The publishing business and a whole lot more.

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Mike Omer Books

Latest (Available on June 25, 2019 – pre-order now).

Zoe Bentley Book 1 (I highly recommend this book)

Glenmore Park Series

Mike Omer Books