Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews)

By Alan Petersen

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What's Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews) about?

Interviews with bestselling authors of mystery, suspense, and thriller books.

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MTTA 195: Emily Shiner

10.17.2023

Emily Shiner always dreamed of becoming an author. After spending years devouring stacks of thrillers, she decided to try her hand at writing them herself. Now she gets to live out her dream of writing novels and sharing her stories ...

Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews) episodes:

10.17.2023 MTTA 195: Emily Shiner Emily Shiner always dreamed of becoming an author. After spending years devouring stacks of thrillers, she decided to try her hand at writing them herself. Now she gets to live out her dream of writing novels and sharing her stories ...
09.26.2023 MTTA 194: Andrew Mayne Link Twitter Instagram Latest author interview for the podcast is with Andrew Mayne. Andrew Mayne is an artificial intelligence creative, educator and Wall Street Journal best selling author. Andrew has been nominated for the Edgar Award for his book Black ...
09.18.2023 Special Announcement Exciting News: “Meet the Thriller Author” is Back and Better Than Ever! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? First and foremost, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to each one of you for your patience and unwavering support during ...
02.21.2023 MTTA 193: Freida McFadden #1 Amazon, USA TODAY, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. Freida’s work has been selected as one of Amazon Editors’ ...
11.02.2022 MTTA 192: Writing Advice From Famous Authors (Special Episode) This episode is different in that I’m not featuring a new interview, instead bringing you writing advice from five bestselling authors from previous podcast episodes. The next episode will resume with new author interviews. Featured in this episode: Dean Koontz ...
09.20.2022 MTTA 191: Ryan Steck Ryan Steck is a freelance editor, an author, and the founder and editor in chief of The Real Book Spy. Ryan has been named an “Online Influencer” by Amazon and is a regular columnist at CrimeReads. Praised as “One of ...
09.07.2022 MTTA 190: Troy Lambert Troy Lambert is a freelance writer, editor, author, and all around storyteller. He loves writing mysteries, history, and dogs of all kinds. His latest novel, Teaching Moments was pubished earlier this year and it’s the second book in the Max ...
08.24.2022 MTTA 189: Catherine Coulter Catherine Coulter is the wildly popular author of 89 novels, almost all of them New York Times bestsellers. She began her incredible career writing historical romances before turning to suspense thrillers. The Cove, the first book in her bestselling “FBI ...
08.09.2022 MTTA 188: Julie Clark Julie Clark is the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight. It has earned starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, and the New York Times has called it “thoroughly absorbing” Julie She lives in Los ...
07.19.2022 MTTA 187: Dean Koontz The legendary author Dean Koontz is back on the podcast! When he was a senior in college, Dean Koontz won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and has been writing ever since. His books are published in 38 languages and he ...
06.01.2022 MTTA 186: John Hindmarsh (In Memoriam) This is a special episode. A personal one for me. It’s dedicated to a friend and bestselling author John Hindmarsh. John passed away on Sunday, May 29th. His legacy lives on in his great books. His last four books (part ...
05.17.2022 MTTA 185: A.M. Adair A.M. Adair writes action-packed spy/military thrillers. She is an active duty Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Navy with over 20 years in the Intelligence Community. She has been to numerous countries all around the world, to include multiple ...
04.26.2022 MTTA 184: Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott is a writer and entertainer from Nashville, TN. He is the co-creator & narrator of CinemaSins, a YouTube channel dedicated to movie-related comedy that has amassed over 9 million subscribers. His debut book was a YA novel about ...
04.12.2022 MTTA 183: Sara Blaedel Sara Blaedel is the number one Danish bestseller and author of the #1 international bestselling series featuring Detective Louise Rick. Her books are published in thirty-eight countries and over 3 million copies of Blaedel’s books have been sold in Denmark ...
03.29.2022 MTTA 182: Lisa Scottoline Lisa Scottoline is a #1 Bestselling Author, The New York Times bestselling author and Edgar award-winning author of 33 novels, including her latest work, Eternal, her first-ever historical novel. She also writes a weekly column with her daughter Francesca Serritella ...
01.18.2022 MTTA 181: Nick Petrie Nick Petrie is the author of seven novels in the Peter Ash series. The latest, THE RUNAWAY was published on January 18. His debut, The Drifter, won both the ITW Thriller award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel, ...
12.21.2021 MTTA 180: Craig Martelle Craig Martelle is an international bestselling author who writes in various genres but is probably best known for his science fiction books. He also writes the Ian Bragg thrillers. The fourth book in that series, A FATAL BRAGG, was published ...
12.14.2021 MTTA 179: Vannessa Cronin Vannessa Cronin arrived in the U.S. from Ireland over two decades ago and has spent the intervening years working in the book industry as a book buyer, a sales rep, an Amazon Bookstore curator, and now an Amazon Books senior ...
12.07.2021 MTTA Replay: Glenn Dyer (Ep. 103) Glenn Dyer is a former commercial television executive whose career spanned over thirty-five years. He returned to Park City, Utah in retirement in 2013 to write full-time. He is an associate member of the International Thriller Writers, the Author’s Guild ...
11.30.2021 MTTA 177: Wanda M. Morris Wanda M. Morris has worked in the legal departments of some of America’s top Fortune 100 companies. She is an accomplished presenter and leader. Wanda previously served as President of the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, in ...
11.23.2021 MTTA 176: Mark Edward Langley Award-winning author Mark Edward Langley was instilled with a love for the American West by his father at a young age. Upon revisiting it throughout adulthood, his connection to the land and its people became that much more irrevocable. After ...
11.16.2021 MTTA 175: Yasmin Angoe Hailing from Northern Virginia, Yasmin Angoe is a first-generation Ghanaian American who grew up in two cultural worlds. She taught English in middle and high schools for years, served as an instructional coach for virtual teachers, and works as a ...
11.09.2021 MTTA 174: H.Y. Hanna Interview USA Today bestselling author H.Y. Hanna writes fun cozy mysteries filled with humor, quirky characters, clever twists—and cats with big personalities! She is known for bringing wonderful settings to life, whether it’s the historic city of Oxford, the beautiful English ...
10.26.2021 MTTA 173: Lee Child & Andrew Child Lee Child and Andrew Child were born in England. Lee went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as ...
10.19.2021 MTTA 172: Taylor Moore Taylor Moore is a sixth-generation Texan. He is a former CIA Intelligence Officer who worked in both analysis and operations. He later consulted for the Department of Defense and now lives in the Texas Panhandle with his family. Down Range ...
10.12.2021 MTTA 171: Rory Clements Rory Clements is a British author of historical thrillers. He won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award in 2010 for his novel Revenger and the CWA Historical Dagger in 2018 for Nucleus. His latest novel A Prince and a Spy ...
10.06.2021 MTTA 170: Ian K. Smith New York Times bestselling author and physician Ian K. Smith may be best-known for his expert health and fitness advice on national broadcasts and in his bestselling nonfiction books (he is best-known as Dr. Ian, the host of The Doctors ...
09.30.2021 MTTA 169: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels Her latest, Fierce Little Thing, is a psychological thriller explores the monstrous secrets that linger amongst old friendships. It was published on July 27, 2021. I enjoyed talking ...
09.21.2021 MTTA 168: Scott Shepherd Scott Shepherd is a veteran writer/producer/show-runner with years of experience running network series; his production and screenwriting credits include The Equalizer, Miami Vice, The Outer Limits, Haven, and Quantum Leap. Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, he ...
09.14.2021 MTTA 167: Lisa Regan Lisa Regan is the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series as well as several other crime fiction titles. Her latest book, HER DEADLY TOUCH is the twelth book in the bestselling Detective ...
09.07.2021 MTTA 166: Andrews & 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 ...
08.31.2021 MTTA 165: Matthew FitzSimmons Matthew FitzSimmons is the author of the bestselling Gibson Vaughn series, which includes The Short Drop and Poisonfeather. Born in Illinois and raised in London, England, he now lives in Washington, DC, where he taught English literature and theater at ...
08.27.2021 MTTA 164: John Gaspard John Gaspard is author of the Eli Marks mystery series as well as four other stand-alone novels and the Como Lake Players mystery series, under the pen name Bobbie Raymond. John lives in Minnesota and shares his home with his ...
08.24.2021 MTTA 163: Ashley Winstead Ashley Winstead is an academic turned novelist with a Ph.D. in contemporary American literature. She lives in Houston with her husband, two cats, and beloved wine fridge. Her debut novel is the psychological thriller IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A ...
08.18.2021 MTTA 162: Terry Roberts Terry Roberts is the author of three celebrated novels: A Short Time to Stay Here (winner of the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Fiction and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); That Bright Land (winner of the Thomas Wolfe ...
08.10.2021 MTTA 161: Isabella Maldonado Isabella Maldonado wore a gun and badge in real life before turning to crime writing. The first Latina to attain the rank of captain in her police department, she retired as the Commander of Special Investigations and Forensics. During more ...
08.03.2021 MTTA 160: Gregg Olsen Gregg Olsen is a New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of nonfiction books and novels, most of which are crime-related. An impassioned voice for victims and their families, Olsen has been a guest on ...
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 ...

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Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews)

What's Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews) about?

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Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews) episodes:

MTTA 195: Emily Shiner

MTTA 194: Andrew Mayne

Special Announcement

MTTA 193: Freida McFadden

MTTA 192: Writing Advice From Famous Authors (Special Episode)

MTTA 191: Ryan Steck

MTTA 190: Troy Lambert

MTTA 189: Catherine Coulter

MTTA 188: Julie Clark

MTTA 187: Dean Koontz

MTTA 186: John Hindmarsh (In Memoriam)

MTTA 185: A.M. Adair

MTTA 184: Jeremy Scott

MTTA 183: Sara Blaedel

MTTA 182: Lisa Scottoline

MTTA 181: Nick Petrie

MTTA 180: Craig Martelle

MTTA 179: Vannessa Cronin

MTTA Replay: Glenn Dyer (Ep. 103)

MTTA 177: Wanda M. Morris

MTTA 176: Mark Edward Langley

MTTA 175: Yasmin Angoe

MTTA 174: H.Y. Hanna Interview

MTTA 173: Lee Child & Andrew Child

MTTA 172: Taylor Moore

MTTA 171: Rory Clements

MTTA 170: Ian K. Smith

MTTA 169: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

MTTA 168: Scott Shepherd

MTTA 167: Lisa Regan

MTTA 166: Andrews & Wilson

MTTA 165: Matthew FitzSimmons

MTTA 164: John Gaspard

MTTA 163: Ashley Winstead

MTTA 162: Terry Roberts

MTTA 161: Isabella Maldonado

MTTA 160: Gregg Olsen

MTTA 159: Eva Lesko Natiello

MTTA 158: M.J. Polelle

MTTA 157: Lorraine Evanoff

MTTA 156: Jeffrey James Higgins

MTTA 155: Mary Keliikoa

MTTA 154: Robyn Gigl

MTTA 153: Don Bentley

MTTA 152: Alma Katsu

MTTA 151: Kiersten Modglin

MTTA 150: David Yoon

MTTA 149: Jefferey Deaver

MTTA 148: Carter Wilson

MTTA 147: Mia P. Manansala