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MTTA 72: James Scott Bell

James Scott Bell is a winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for his novel, Romeo’s Way, and the #1 bestselling author of books on the craft of writing. Jim attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he studied writing with Raymond Carver. He graduated with honors from the University of Southern California law…

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MTTA 71: Bob Mayer

Bob Mayer is a NY Times Bestselling author. He’s had over 75 books published and sold over 5 million, including the #1 series Area 51, The Green Berets, Atlantis and the Time Patrol. He was born in the Bronx, New York. Graduated from West Point and served as an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division. Bob…

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MTTA 70: Michael Lister

Michael Lister grew up in a small town in North Florida near the Gulf of Mexico and the Apalachicola River. Captivated by story since childhood, Michael has a love for language and narrative inspired by the Southern storytelling tradition that captured his imagination and became such a source of meaning and inspiration. He holds undergraduate…

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MTTA 69: Ellison Cooper

Ellison Cooper has a Ph.D. in anthropology from UCLA, with a background in archaeology, cultural neuroscience, ancient religion, colonialism, and human rights. She has conducted fieldwork in Central America, West Africa, Micronesia, and Western Europe. She has worked as a murder investigator in Washington DC, and is a certified K9 Search and Rescue Federal Disaster…

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MTTA 68: Joseph Reid

Joseph Reid is the debut author of Takeoff, the first adventure of air marshal-turned-investigator Seth Walker. The son of a navy helicopter pilot, Reid chased great white sharks as a marine biologist before becoming a patent lawyer who litigates multi-million-dollar cases for high-tech companies. He has flown millions of miles on commercial aircraft and has…

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MTTA 67: Matthew Betley

Matthew Betley writes the bestselling Logan West Thrillers. He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended St. Xavier High School and then Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated with a B.A. in psychology and minors in political science and sociology. Upon graduation, he worked in corporate America for five years in Cincinnati before…

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