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MTTA 159: Eva Lesko Natiello

07.27.2021

Eva Lesko Natiello is the award-winning author of NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestseller, THE MEMORY BOX, a HOUSTON WRITERS GUILD MANUSCRIPT AWARD WINNER. She is a graduate of SUNY Albany with a degree in psychology. Eva is a ...

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07.27.2021 MTTA 159: Eva Lesko Natiello Eva Lesko Natiello is the award-winning author of NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestseller, THE MEMORY BOX, a HOUSTON WRITERS GUILD MANUSCRIPT AWARD WINNER. She is a graduate of SUNY Albany with a degree in psychology. Eva is a ...
07.20.2021 MTTA 158: M.J. Polelle M. J. Polelle is a Harvard Law School graduate, an emeritus professor of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and an award-winning legal writer. He honed his fiction writing at the summer writers’ workshop of the University of Iowa ...
07.13.2021 MTTA 157: Lorraine Evanoff Award-winning author Lorraine Evanoff’s highly addictive, suspenseful thrillers are perfect for fans of Erik Larson, Jack Slater and Kathy Reichs. Former Hollywood finance exec Lorraine Evanoff uses classic mystery storytelling to spin complex tales of international finance with a sexy ...
07.06.2021 MTTA 156: Jeffrey James Higgins Jeffrey James Higgins is a former reporter and retired supervisory special agent who writes thriller novels, creative nonfiction, short stories, and essays. He has wrestled an IED away from a suicide bomber, fought the Taliban in combat, and chased terrorists ...
06.29.2021 MTTA 155: Mary Keliikoa Mary Keliikoa is the author of the Lefty and Agatha award nominated PI Kelly Pruett mystery series and the upcoming Misty Pines mystery series featuring Sheriff Jax Turner slated for release in September 2022. Mary worked as a legal secretary, ...
06.22.2021 MTTA 154: Robyn Gigl Robyn Gigl is an attorney, speaker, and activist who has been honored by the ACLU-NJ and the NJ PrideNetwork for her work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community. Robyn has been practicing law for more than 40 years, representing clients ...
06.15.2021 MTTA 153: Don Bentley Don is the author of the Matt Drake thriller series including WITHOUT SANCTION, THE OUTSIDE MAN, and two forth coming titles, as well as TARGET ACQUIRED, a Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. novel. Don spent a decade as an Army ...
06.09.2021 MTTA 152: Alma Katsu Alma Katsu’s books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal, been featured in the NY Times and Washington Post, been nominated and won multiple prestigous awards, and appeared on numerous Best Books lists including NPR, the ...
06.01.2021 MTTA 151: Kiersten Modglin Kiersten Modglin is an Amazon Top 30 bestselling author of award-winning psychological thrillers and a member of International Thriller Writers. Kiersten lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, daughter, and their two Boston Terriers. She is best known for her ...
05.25.2021 MTTA 150: David Yoon David Yoon is the New York Times bestselling author of YA books Frankly in Love and Super Fake Love Song. His first adult thriller, Version Zero will be published on May 25, 2021. He’s a William C. Morris Award finalist ...
05.18.2021 MTTA 149: Jefferey Deaver Author interview with Jeffery Deaver for Meet the Thriller Author. A podcast featuring interviews with writers of mysteries and thrillers.
05.11.2021 MTTA 148: Carter Wilson Carter Wilson is the USA Today and #1 Denver Post bestselling author of seven critically acclaimed, standalone psychological thrillers, as well as numerous short stories. He is an ITW Thriller Award finalist, a four-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, ...
05.04.2021 MTTA 147: Mia P. Manansala Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is a writer and book coach from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture. A ...
04.28.2021 MTTA 146: Clare Whitfield Clare Whitfield is a UK based writer. She has been a dancer, copywriter, amateur fire breather, buyer and mediocre weightlifter. People of Abandoned Character is her first novel.. It’s a historical crime thriller set against the backdrop of Jack the ...
04.20.2021 MTTA 145: W.A. Winter W.A. Winter is the pen name of William Swanson, a Minneapolis journalist and true crime expert. Swanson is the author of three true-crime books: Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson, Black White Blue: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett, and ...
04.15.2021 MTTA 144: Frank H. Jordan Amazon best-selling author Frank H Jordan was born in Western Australia and now lives in central Queensland with his author wife, Alicia Hope who is also an author. Trained in martial arts, and an ex-weekend warrior (Army reservist) with the ...
04.13.2021 MTTA: 143: Lisa Renee Jones New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones writes dark, edgy fiction to include the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series and her latest book, the crime thriller THE POET is now avaialble. THE POET, follows Samantha Jazz, ...
04.08.2021 MTTA 142: Michael Kaufman Michael Kaufman, PhD, is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction books. As an advisor, activist, and keynote speaker, he has developed innovative approaches to engage men and boys in promoting gender equality and positively transforming men’s lives. Over the ...
04.07.2021 MTTA 141: Brett Godfrey Brett Godfrey is a lawyer, engineer, pilot, and author of BLACK SUNRISE, a new techno thriller suspense novel that is becoming a sensation in its niche. Brett’s has a fascinating background and life experiences that have provided him with unique ...
03.30.2021 MTTA 140: Peter May Excited to have bestselling author Peter May back on the podcast (here is the first interview). Peter May was born in Glasgow, but now lives in France, where his books have won several awards and he has a large following ...
03.23.2021 MTTA 139: Dean Koontz I’m thrilled to welcome back the legandary author, Dean Koontz back to the podcast. Dean Koontz is the interantioally known bestselling author of thriller and suspense novels; although it’s hard to pin him down, genre-wise, since he popularized mishmasing genres ...
03.16.2021 MTTA 138: James Rosone James Rosone started a military career in the Army National Guard as a communications specialist and forward observer for a self-propelled artillery unit. He later joined the U.S. Air Force, becoming an interrogator during 2007 Iraq War troop surge. He ...
03.10.2021 MTTA 137: Timothy Miller Tim is from Louisiana and has lived all over Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago, and Milan, Italy where the inspiration for The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle began. He’s probably the only bartender to have worked in ...
03.02.2021 MTTA 136: Dana Stabenow Dana Stabenow is an author of science fiction, mystery/crime fiction, suspense/thriller, and historical adventure novels. Dana Stabenow was born in Anchorage and raised on 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska. She knew there was a warmer, drier job ...
02.23.2021 MTTA 135: Mark Greaney #1 NYT bestselling author Mark Greaney’s debut international thriller, THE GRAY MAN, was published in 2009 and became a national bestseller and a highly sought-after Hollywood property. Ten subsequent Gray Man novels have been released to date, including his latest, ...
02.16.2021 MTTA 134: Sebastian Fitzek Sebastian Fitzek is one of Europe’s most successful authors of psychological thrillers. His books have sold 12 million copies, been translated into more than twenty-four languages and are the basis for international cinema and theatre adaptations. His latest book, PASSENGER ...
02.09.2021 MTTA 133: Paul Vidich PAUL VIDICH’S fourth novel, The Mercenary, is forthcoming from Pegasus Books in February 2021. His debut novel, An Honorable Man, was selected by Publisher’s Weekly as a Top 10 Mystery and Thriller in 2016. It was followed the next year ...
02.02.2021 MTTA 132: Walter Mosley Walter Mosley is one of America’s most celebrated and beloved writers. His books have won numerous awards and have been translated into more than twenty languages. Mosley is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series of mysteries, including national ...
01.26.2021 MTTA 131: Gregg Hurwitz Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 22 thrillers including the ORPHAN X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Additionally, he’s written screenplays and television scripts ...
01.23.2021 MTTA 130: David Rohlfing After a long career in business that gave him the opportunity to travel to all but one continent and countless countries around the globe, David decided to write his first novel, Deliberate Duplicity. He lives in Illinois with his wife. ...
01.13.2021 MTTA 129: Edwin Hill Edwin is the Edgar- and Agatha-award nominated author of Little Comfort, The Missing Ones, and Watch Her. He was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and spent most of his childhood obsessing over The Famous Five, Agatha Christie, and somehow finding a ...
12.29.2020 MTTA 128: Jon Land Jon Land is the USA Today bestselling author of 50 books including the bestselling and critically acclaimed Caitlin Strong series. A few years ago, Jon took over the MURDER, SHE WROTE book series based on the hit CBS television show ...
12.22.2020 MTTA 127: Robert McCaw Robert B. McCaw grew up in a military family traveling the world. After graduating from Georgetown University, he served as a lieutenant in the US Army before earning his JD degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Upon ...
12.15.2020 MTTA 126: Les Edgerton Les Edgerton has published more than 20 books, his latest Hard Times, was published by Bronzeville Books on December 7, 2020. Les teaches creative writing on the university level, through private coaching of writers, and on various on-line venues. His ...
12.08.2020 MTTA 125: Jeff Lindsay Jeff Lindsay is the author of the Riley Wolfe novels, and the New York Times bestselling author of the Dexter novels, which debuted in 2004 with Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Dexter aired as a series on Showtime with the first season ...
12.01.2020 MTTA 124: Eileen Ormsby Eileen Ormsby is a lawyer, author and freelance journalist based in Melbourne. Her first book, Silk Road was the world’s first in-depth expose of the black markets that operate on the dark web. Eileen’s gonzo-style investigations have led her deep ...
11.24.2020 MTTA 123: Otto Penzler Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and is regarded as the world’s foremost authority on crime, mystery and suspense fiction. He founded The Mysterious Press in 1975. He sold it to Warner Books ...
11.17.2020 MTTA 122: Jennifer Graeser Dornbush Jennifer is a screenwriter, author, speaker, and forensic specialist who aims to shed light and hope in the dark places of the human experience. The television or movie screen is the closest most people will ever come to witnessing the ...
11.10.2020 MTTA 121: Danny Gardner From his beginnings as a young stand-up comedian (Def Comedy Jam All-Stars vol. 12), Danny Gardner has enjoyed careers as an actor, director, and screenwriter. His latest book is ACE BOON COON which is the second book in the “Tales ...
11.03.2020 MTTA 120: K.A. Perry K. A. Perry brings a unique perspective to her environmental thrillers. Her ability to utilize nature as the catalyst to keep her plot moving, and drive the character’s pursuit of the truth, stems from her own appreciation and love of ...
10.29.2020 MTTA 119: Dan Padavona Dan Padavona has written horror and thriller novels. He’s the author of the bestselling Darkwater Cove Psychological Thriller series. The latest book in that series DON’T BREATHE will be published on October 29th. Dan Padavona was born and raised in ...
10.20.2020 MTTA 118: Rick Mofina Rick Mofina is a former journalist who has interviewed murderers on death row, flown over Los Angeles with the LAPD and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic. He’s also reported from Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Ethiopia, South ...
10.14.2020 MTTA 117: Noelle Holten Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at Crime Book Junkie. She is the PR & Social Media Manager for Bookouture, a leading digital publisher in the UK, and worked as a Senior Probation Officer for eighteen years. Dead Inside was ...
10.07.2020 MTTA 116: Brian Freeman Brian Freeman is a New York Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series. His books have been sold in 46 countries and 22 languages. He is widely acclaimed for his “you are there” ...
09.29.2020 MTTA 115: Paul Levine Paul Levine has worked as a newspaper reporter, a law professor and a trial lawyer before becoming a full-time novelist. His books have been translated into 23 languages. His latest book CHEATER’S GAME is an Amazon bestseller based on the ...
09.22.2020 MTTA 114: Andrews and Wilson Andrews & Wilson is bestselling coauthor team of multiple covert ops and action-adventure thriller series: TIER ONE, SONS of VALOR, and THE SHEPHERDS. Brian Andrews is a US Navy veteran, Park Leadership Fellow, and former submarine officer with a psychology ...
09.15.2020 MTTA 113: Joshua Hood Joshua Hood is the author of The Treadstone Resurrection & Search and Destroy Series. Before becoming a bestselling author, Joshua joined the army after graduating with an English degree from the University of Memphis. He spent five years in the ...
09.08.2020 MTTA 112: Thomas O’Callaghan Thomas O’Callaghan’s work has been translated for publication in Germany, Slovakia, Indonesia, the Czech Republic, China, and Italy. As an internationally acclaimed author, Mr. O’Callaghan is a member of both the Mystery Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers ...
09.01.2020 MTTA 111: Brad Parks International bestselling author Brad Parks is the only writer to have won the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty Awards, three of American crime fiction’s most prestigious prizes. His novels have been translated into 15 languages and have won critical acclaim across ...
08.26.2020 MTTA 110: Lydia Kang Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine, completing her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. ...

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