I spend hundreds of hours doing research on the topics featured in my novels. Sometimes the topic already fascinates me and leads to the research. Other times, research on one topic leads me to several others. One subject that’s a good example of both is snipers. Snipers play a role in several of my thrillers […]
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Lee Child and Stephen King On Stage
What’s your favorite moment surrounding the release of a new book? Because the moment we finish reading a book in a series we love is so jubilant and devastating at the same time, I sometimes think the happiest moment for a Book Series Fan is hearing the announcement revealing the title of the next upcoming book in the […]
Why I’m Giving Away an Autographed Lee Child Book
What was the highlight of your week? Mine has been hearing the positive reaction from readers to Jack and Joe, my newest Hunt for Jack Reacher Series thriller. I tell you all the time, but I’ll say it again – YOU are the readers I write for. Which makes your positive reactions to my books […]
Famous Siblings: Who’s Your Favorite?
Is DNA destiny, or is life one big chess game? Even though Jack and Joe Reacher are strikingly similar physically, I think Joe Reacher would prefer to think of life as one big chess game. Jack’s like that, too. He’s strategic, but he also takes control physically of every event, play by play. But when […]
“Everything was a game of chess with him.”- Jack Reacher
Lee Child’s new release, Small Wars, has been out for several days now. Have you finished it yet? I read it immediately! It’s a digital short from the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. Small Wars takes us back to 1989. What did 1989 look like for you? Some of the top movies that year: […]
Chicken To Get $2,500 Prosthetic Leg
How interesting was the last thing you printed? For me, it was a boarding pass. Not very exciting, right? It’s hard to compete with this one: scientists are printing a new leg for a chicken named Cicely. Cicely the chicken was born with limited mobility. Scientists at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary determined that […]
FIFA Corruption: Fact AND Fiction
Soccer has become more popular in the U.S. so I wanted to write a thriller surrounding the sport. Many soccer matches are nail-biters, to be sure. But my thrillers, as you know, are all about crimes. Hmmmm…. Research was required. And guess what I found? Corruption within the nonprofit organization in charge of governing international […]
Unusual Prison Escapes
If you’ve read the first thriller in the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series, Don’t Know Jack, you know that a jailbreak of sorts plays a role in the story. When I’m writing a new book, like now, stories such as these are never far from my mind. As we’ve seen this month in the New York […]
Want Your Name On A Book Cover?
Last Call! All Readers Now Boarding Flight 12… The Flight 12 Finale Contest Is Underway! If you’ve ever wanted to see your name on a book cover, now’s your chance! Each month, for the last 12 months, “The Twelve” brought you one NEW limited edition thriller from their bestselling authors. Each book features new characters and those […]
TWELVE Flight 12 Books! Collect them all!
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for takeoff. The last Flight 12 book before the big finish just released this week! Robert Gregory Browne’s installment is the twelfth book in the Flight 12 Begins series. My contribution, Flight 12: A Jess Kimball Thriller, is the third in this exciting continuity series. At the end of each book, one person boards […]
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