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Today’s show will be especially helpful for you writers out there, or if you are curious to see what makes a full-time thriller author tick. On the show today, we have award-winning and bestselling author Nick Petrie, who just released his 9th book in the Peter Ash series, The Dark Time.

His first novel, The Drifter, won the ITW Thriller and Barry Awards and was nominated for Edgar, Anthony, and Hammett Awards. He won the 2016 Literary Award from the Wisconsin Library Association and was named one of Apple’s 10 Writers to Read in 2017.  Apple Books named Light It Up the Best Thriller of 2018. Both Light It Up and The Wild One were shortlisted for the Barry Award.

Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels, said. “Lots of characters get compared to my own Jack Reacher, but Petrie's Peter Ash is the real deal.”

Nick is the quindecennial blue-collar author. He has an impeccable work ethic forged with years of working as a carpenter and other trades, which has paved his way to becoming a full-time, bestselling author. 

Please enjoy my conversation with one of the nicest guys I know in the business, Nick Petrie. 

In today’s episode, we discuss:

·      What has changed in the publishing business in the last two years since he released his last book? 

• Luck finds people who show up for work every day. 

·      Artificial Intelligence and the publishing business.

·      Best marketing practices for authors.

·      How his former professions and life experiences have helped him in his writing career.

·      Pros and cons of writing in a series.

·      His advice for new or newer authors looking to break through.

All of this and more on today’s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.

Visit Nick's website to learn more about him and his books.

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My first week as a rookie cop, I had to decide whether to pull the trigger on a man running at me with a butcher knife. He'd just killed his brother over the last hot dog.

That was my introduction to policing in Milwaukee.

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