ITW Debut Authors ... The Thrill Begins!

ITW Debut Authors Origins

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Way back when, in 2006 to be exact, there was a group of authors facing the release of their debut novels.  One of them, Jason Pinter, put out a call for fellow debut crime writers to join him.  Soon he had a band of merry murderers, dubbed Killer Year.

Their goal?  To see each other through their debut year, to help promote each other, to forge new connections, and to try to have some fun along the way.

I met the Killer Year group at ThrillerFest in Phoenix and stayed in touch with them throughout their debut year.  ITW, under the guidance of MJ Rose and the rest of the Board, adopted Killer Year, helping them navigate the unpredictable publishing shoals and reefs.

It was a fantastic success.  Killer Year members have received nominations for awards, accolades from national press, film deals, foreign rights, and now, under the editorial guidance of Lee Child, have an anthology due to be released.

Lee went to the ITW Board and proposed a long-term continuation of an ITW Debut Author Program.  One that all ITW debuts could participate in, sharing knowledge with their published fellow members.

And thus, I present to you, the first group of ITW Debut Authors … Let The Thrill Begin!

CJ Lyons

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Debut Authors

Lee Child, ITW Board Member Sponsor
CJ Lyons, Advisor
Karen Dionne, 2008/2009 Class Liaison
Please note: The class designations below are based on members' release dates, and run from ThrillerFest to ThrillerFest. (August - July)


CLASS OF 2008/2009

Sibylle Barrasso - DARK WATERS (Five Star) August 2008

Megan Kelley Hall - SISTERS OF MISERY (Kensington) August 2008

Andrew Peterson - FIRST TO KILL (Leisure Books) September 2008

Joshua Corin - NUCLEAR WINTER WONDERLAND (Kunati) October 2008

Karen Dionne - FREEZING POINT (Berkley) October 2008

Stacy Dittrich - THE DEVIL'S CLOSET(Leisure Books, Dorchester) October 2008

Grant McKenzie - SWITCH (Bantam Transworld UK) October 2008

Jennie Bentley - FATAL FIXER-UPPER (Berkley) November 2008

Roger Smith - MIXED BLOOD (Henry Holt) February 2009

Kate Carlisle - HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER (NAL) February 2009

Don Helin - THY KINGDOM COME (Medallion Press) March 2009

Rhodi Hawk - A TWISTED LADDER (Tor/St. Martin's) April 2009

Rebecca Cantrell - A TRACE OF SMOKE (Tor Forge Books) May 2009


CLASS OF 2009/2010

JJ Cooper - INTERROGATED (Random House Australia) August 2009

JK Holmes - CRIMSON SWAN (Bantam Dell) September 2009


CLASS OF 2007/2008

Peter Clenott - HUNTING THE KING (Kunati Books, April 2008)

Julie Compton - TELL NO LIES (St. Martin's Minotaur) May 13

Jordan Dane - NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM (April), NO ONE LEFT TO TELL (May) , NO ONE LIVES FOREVER (June) (Avon Harpercollins)

Marc Paoletti - SCORCH (Five Star) May, THE LAST VAMPIRE, co-authored with Patricia Rosemoor (Del Rey) June, THE DARK AGENT(sequel to THE LAST VAMPIRE) (Del Rey) November

Kelli Stanley - NOX DORMIENDA (Five Star) July 18

Julie Kramer - STALKING SUSAN (Doubleday) July 15

CJ Lyons - LIFELINES (Berkley) March

Michael Haskins - CHASIN' THE WIND (Five Star) March

Will Lavender - OBEDIENCE (Shaye Areheart Books) February

Leighton Gage - BLOOD OF THE WICKED (Soho Crime) January

David Isaak - SHOCK AND AWE (Macmillan New Writing)

Rip Gerber - PHARMA (Random House)

Joe Kolman - NAKED OPTION (Harriman House) In the US and the UK

Laura Benedict - ISABELLA MOON (Ballantine)

Chris Beakey - DOUBLE ABDUCTION (J. Boylston & Co./ibooks, Inc.)

Jeffrey S. Stephens - THE PORTOFINO CONSPIRACY (iBooks, Inc)

Andy Harp - A NORTHERN THUNDER (Bancroft Press)

Gerry Doyle - FROM THE DEPTHS (McBooks Press)

Theo Gangi - BANG BANG (Kensington)

JT Ellison - ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS (Mira)

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Patrons (Actives)
Clive Cussler*
Dirk Cussler*
Faye and Jonathan Kellerman*
John Lescroart*


Sponsors (Actives)
Kathleen Antrim*
David Baldacci*
Steve Berry*
Gary Braver*
Sandra Brown*
Dale Brown*
John Case*
Lee Child*
Glenn Cooper
Richard Curtis*
Jack F. Du Brul*
David Dun*
Joseph Finder*
Brian Garfield*
Tess Gerritsen*
Leslie Glass*
Vicki Hinze*

Lisa Jackson
Alex Kava*
Deborah LeBlanc
Eric Van Lustbader*
D.P. Lyle, M.D.*
Gayle Lynds*
Brad Meltzer
David Morrell*
Katherine Neville*
James Patterson*
Douglas Preston*
Christopher Reich*
James Rollins*
M.J. Rose*
JoAnn Ross
John Saul*
Susan Arnout Smith
R.L. Stine*
Brad Thor*

Supporters (Actives)
Steve Alten*
Ted Bell*
Emily Benedek
Janet Berliner-Gluckman*
Allison Brennan
Jan Burke*
Lorenzo Carcaterra
Lincoln Child*
Stephen Coonts*
Brian DAmato
Eileen Dreyer*
Linda Fairstein*
Vince Flynn*
Chris Fox
Joel Goldman*
Heather Graham*
Thomas Greanias
Humphrey Hawksley


*original member joined
by June 4, 2005

Bonnie Hearn Hill*
Alan Jacobson
Judith Kelman*
Harley Jane Kozak
Jon Land*
Dennis Lynds*
Francine Mathews*
Kyle Mills*
Andrew Peterson
Twist Phelan
Christopher Rice*
James Siegel*
Taylor Smith*
Carl T. Smith*
Mariah Stewart*
Peter Straub*
M. Diane Vogt*
Stuart Woods*

Patrons (Associates)
Tucker Andersen

Sponsors (Associates)
Baror International, Inc.*
Maria Carvainis
Leisure Books*
Ed Mitchell*
Henry Morrison*
Adrian Muller*
Bill Sewell
Tor/Forge Books*

Supporters (Associates)
Linda Adams*
Robert P. Bellin*
Brilliance Audio*
Emory Hackman*
Helen Heller*
Inkwell Management, LLC*
Vladimir Lange*
Mario Mastro
L.A. Starks
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