Sometimes I ask myself, “Am I crazy?” There are a lot reasons why I might make that inquiry. This week, as I sit in a NY hotel room writing a blog entry, I’m wondering why I’m going to two conferences in July. The simple answer is that both International Thriller Writers and Romance Writers of [...]

Robert Gregory Browne is a former screenwriter who ran screaming from Hollywood and found a home in writing novels, the fourth of which, DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN, is being released this month by St. Martin’s Press. His book, WHISPER IN THE DARK, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, who called it “a taut [...]

Welcome Marcus Sakey, an author who uses social networking to promote his books. His novels have been called “nothing short of brilliant” by the Chicago Tribune, selected among Esquire Magazine’s Best 5 Books of the Year, and optioned for film by Ben Affleck and Tobey Maguire. His new thriller, THE AMATEURS, will be released on [...]

Having just attended Thrillerfest in New York, I’m plagued once more by the question–what’s a thriller supposed to be? It’s only natural that I wonder since I think I write them myself. Romantic suspense covers a multitude of crime novel possibilities–romance combined with mystery or with suspense or with thrills. Or with all three. The [...]