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thrill-begins.jpgThe Thrill Begins: Home of the ITW Debut Authors

The International Thriller Writers membership includes some of the world's best-selling authors: David Morrell, Gayle Lynds, Lee Child, Sandra Brown, Clive Cussler, Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen, James Patterson and many, many more.

All of these authors' careers began with their first book. Browse the ITW Debut Authors' website, The Thrill Begins, and discover the best-sellers of tomorrow.

Interested in becoming an ITW Debut Author member?

If you're an ITW member with a debut novel publication date of July 2007 or later whose second book has not yet been released, contact CJ Lyons for information on how to become an ITW Debut Author member. Benefits include access to the ITW Debut Authors' private discussion forum, question and answer sessions with ITW member mentors, promotion tips, and general all-around support.

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International Thriller Writers Inc represents professional authors from around the world. Here you can learn more about them, their work, and the sources from which they draw their inspiration.


Debut Authors

Lee Child, ITW Board Member Sponsor

Advisor: Bill Cameron - LOST DOG (Midnight Ink) Available Now!

Class Liaison: CJ Lyons - LIFELINES (Berkley) March 4, 2008

The Thrill Begins web site

Current Members:

2008

Kelli Stanley - NOX DORMIENDA (Five Star) July 18

Julie Kramer - STALKING SUSAN (Doubleday) July 15

Sibylle Barrasso - DARK WATERS (Five Star) August

Megan Kelley Hall - SISTERS OF MISERY (Kensington) August

Andrew Peterson - FIRST TO KILL (Leisure Books) September

Karen Dionne - FREEZING POINT (Berkley) October

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

Grant McKenzie - SWITCH (Bantam Transworld UK) October

Joshua Corin - NUCLEAR WINTER WONDERLAND (Kunati) October

Jennie Bentley- FATAL FIXER-UPPER (Berkley) November

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

2009

Kate Carlisle - HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER (NAL) February

Don Helin - THY KINGDOM COME (Medallion Press) March

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

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

JJ Cooper - INTERROGATED(Random House Australia) August

Jeannie K. Holmes - CRIMSON SWAN (Bantam Dell) September

Available now

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

Peter Clenott - HUNTING THE KING (Kunati Books) April

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

Sean Michael Bailey - 1787 (Five Star) April

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)

Calendar

Use our calendar system to see where ITW authors are appearing around the world, check publication dates, and browse international book events. You can submit your own public events too.

Coming events

About ITW

ITW welcomes new author and associate members. Here you can find out about our organization, its history and its background.

You can read about membership qualification and how to apply. And current members can learn how to maintain their account on our new online system.

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Community

Discover who belongs to ITW. Find out about the Debut Author program. Browse our online events calendar which is open for submissions from everyone.

Category Monthly Archives

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*
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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