The Craft: January 2008

World Building

By Kelli Stanley |

By CJ Lyons

lyons-cj.jpgI know people often associate world building with science fiction or fantasy, but it's just as important in thrillers.  In order to draw the reader into your story you need to create a universe where you both control the rules and where you make a promise to the reader to also follow those rules.

Continue reading World Building.

World Building

By Kelli Stanley |

By CJ Lyons

lyons-cj.jpgI know people often associate world building with science fiction or fantasy, but it's just as important in thrillers.  In order to draw the reader into your story you need to create a universe where you both control the rules and where you make a promise to the reader to also follow those rules.

Continue reading World Building.
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Please note: The class designations below are based on members' release dates, and run from ThrillerFest to ThrillerFest. (August - July)
CLASS OF 2009/2010

Sophie Littlefield - A BAD DAY FOR SORRY (Thomas Dunne) August 2009

Daniel Levin - THE LAST EMBER (Riverhead Hardcover) August 2009

M.E. Harrigan – BUNDLE OF TROUBLE: A MATERNAL INSTINCTS MYSTERY (Berkley) August 2009

JJ Cooper - INTERROGATED (Random House Australia) August 2009

Teresa Burrell - THE ADVOCATE (Echelon Press) August 2009

Leanna Renee Hieber - THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TALE OF MISS PERCY PARKER (Leisure Books) August 2009

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

M.E. Harrigan - 9800 SAVAGE ROAD (Forge) - September 2009

Maureen Wood - GHOST CHRONICLES (Sourcebooks) September 2009

Stephen Jay Schwartz - BOULEVARD (Forge) September 2009

Hank Schwaeble - DAMNABLE (Berkley/Jove) - September 2009

Norb Vonnegut - TOP PRODUCER (Thomas Dunne) - September 2009

Sharon Potts - IN THEIR BLOOD (Oceanview) September 2009

Nicholas Kaufmann - HUNT AT WORLD'S END (Leisure Books) October 2009

Brad Parks - FACES OF THE GONE (St. Martin's Minotaur) December 2009

Cynthia Robinson - THE DOG PARK CLUB (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's) Fall 2009

Barry Pollack - FORTY-EIGHT X: THE LEMURIA PROJECT ( Medallion Press) December 2009

Wendy Clinch - DOUBLE BLACK: A SKI DIVA MYSTERY (St. Martins Minotaur) - January 2010

Laura Bynum - VERACITY (Pocket) - January 2010

Carla Buckley - THE THINGS THAT KEEP US HERE (Delacorte Press) - February 2010

Amy Dawson Robertson - MILES TO GO (Bella Books) February 2010

Reece Hirsch - THE INSIDER (Berkley) May 2010

Chevy Stevens - STILL MISSING (St. Martin's) - Spring 2010

Patrick McMenamin - THE DEVALERA DECEPTION (Enigma Books) - Spring 2010

Drue Allen - THE COST OF LOVE (Five Star) - March 2010

Boyd Morrison - THE ARK (Touchstone) M ay 2010

Neil Russell - CITY OF WAR (HarperCollins) March 2010

Chuck Barrett - THE SAVANNAH PROJECT (Wyatt-MacKenzie) - March 2010

Ronie Kendig - DEAD RECKONING (Abingdon Press) March 2010

Alan Orloff - DIAMONDS FOR THE DEAD (Midnight Ink) April 2010

Alan L. Moss - ISLAND OF BETRAYAL (Gauthier Publications) April 2010

Richard L. Mabry - CODE BLUE (Abingdon Press) April 2010

James Rubart - ROOMS (B&H Fiction) April 2010

Jeannie Holmes - CRIMSON SWAN (Bantam Dell) May 2010

Ryan Brown - PLAY DEAD (Pocket Books) May 2010

Brett King - THE RADIX (Leisure Books) May 2010

Daryl Wood Gerber (writing as Avery Aames) - THE CHEESE SHOP MYSTERIES (Berkley Prime Crime) June 2010

Pamela Callow - DAMAGED (Mira) June 2010

CLASS OF 2008/2009

Paula Tutman - DEADLINE! Book One (Dailey Swan) July 2008

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

Allyson Roy - APHRODISIAC (Berkley) 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

John M. Wills - CHICAGO WARRIORS: MIDNIGHT BATTLES IN THE WINDY CITY (TotalRecall Publications) October 2008

John Thompson - ARMAGEDDON CONSPIRACY (Harbor House) October 2008

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

Gina Robinson - SPY CANDY ( Zebra/Kensington) November 2008

Kay Thomas - BETTER THAN BULLETPROOF, (Harlequin Intrigue) January 2009; BULLETPROOF TEXAS (Harlequin Intrigue) April 2009

Steve Forman – BOCA KNIGHTS (Forge) February 2009

Kathy-Diane Leveille - LET THE SHADOWS FALL BEHIND YOU (Kunati Books) April 2009

Kate Carlisle - HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER (NAL) February 2009

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

Robert Rotenberg - OLD CITY HALL (Farrar Straus and Giroux) - February 2009 (UK), March 2009 (Canada & U.S.)

Barbara Levenson - FATAL FEBRUARY (Oceanview) February 2009

A. Scott Pearson - RUPTURE (Oceanview) February 2009

Bob Burke - THE THIRD PIG DETECTIVE AGENCY (The Friday Project / Harper Collins) March 2009

Paul Tremblay - THE LITTLE SLEEP (Holt Paperback) March 2009

Bryan Gruley - STARVATION LAKE (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster) March 2009

Steve Forman - BOCA KNIGHTS (Forge) February 2009

Brendan McNally - GERMANIA (Simon & Schuster) February 2009

Julie Korzenko - DEVIL’S GOLD ( Medallion) March 2009

Huw Powell - RUSH HOUR RULES (Pegasus) March 2009

John Darrin – SCREENSHOT (Kunati) April 2009

Jaye Wells - RED-HEADED STEPCHILD (Orbit) April 2009

Dr. John Elefteriades - TRANSPLANT (Robot&Binaries Press) April 2009

James Strauss - THE BOY, THE MASTODONS, BOOK 1 (Five Star) April 2009

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

Dennis Tafoya - DOPE THIEF (St. Martin's Minotaur) May 2009

Seth Harwood - JACK WAKES UP (Three Rivers Press) May 2009

Jamie Freveletti - RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL (HarperCollins/William Morrow) May 2009

Matt Hilton - DEAD MEN'S DUST (William Morrow & Co/ Hodder and Stoughton) May 2009

Keith Gilman - FATHER'S DAY (Minotaur) May 2009

Andrew Grant - EVEN (St. Martin's Minotaur) May 2009

Christy Reece - RESCUE ME (Ballantine Books) - May 2009; RETURN TO ME (Ballantine Books) - June 2009 ; RUN TO ME (Ballantine Books) - July 2009

Gary Clites - SENECA WOOD (Casperian Books) June 2009

John E. Bailor - DEATH DEALT THE HAND (Gryphonwood Press) June 2009

Gino Brogdon - DEMONS IN THE CRAWLSPACE (TotalRecall Publications) June 2009

Mike Angley - CHILD FINDER (TotalRecall Publications) June 2009

James Hayman - THE CUTTING (St. Martin's/Minotaur) June 2009

Stuart Neville - THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST (Harvill Secker) July 2009

Grant McKenzie - SWITCH (Bantam Transworld UK) July 2009

Jeremy Duns - FREE AGENT (Viking) July 2009

Glenn Cooper - SECRET OF THE SEVENTH SON (HarperCollins US) July 2009; as LIBRARY OF THE DEAD (HarperCollins Canada, June 2009; Random House UK, August 2009)

Gaylon Greer - THE PRICE OF SANCTUARY (Medallion Press) June 2009

Sean Black - LOCKDOWN (Bantam Press) July 2009

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