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4-book-sept.jpg36 terrific new thrillers from ITW members this month including a brand-new ITW short story anthology, and 5 novels from first-time authors! 

Print the Big Thrill list and head on down to your favorite bookstore, or download your selections to your electronic e-reader, and enjoy a month's worth of great reading from your friends at the International Thriller Writers.

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Coming next month: a Between the Lines interview with Karen Dionne, and the latest thrillers from Yasmine Galenorn, Hilary Davidson, JT Ellison, Katia Lief, Seth Harwood, Ben Coes, John Lutz, Alan Jacobson, Reed Farrel Coleman, Gary Corby, Bonnie Hearn Hill, Jeff Sherratt, Tara Taylor Quinn, Gary Alexander, Allison Leotta, Sandra Balzo, Ken Follett, Vince Flynn, James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Gary Phillips and more. It's gonna be a thriller!

 

New Release! FEAR: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror

fear.jpgTurn the pages if you dare. . . . In this collection of thirteen fabulously chilling stories from thirteen true masters of suspense, including five New York Times bestsellers and a number of Edgar Award nominees, all edited by none other than R. L. Stine - nothing is what it seems. From cannibalistic children, to an unwitting date with a vampire, to a crush on a boy who just might be a werewolf, no scary stone is left unturned. A must-have for all fans of the genre!

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ITW Publications: The Big Thrillers

The list of ITW publications is growing! Now there's a brand-new website where you can find information about all of ITW's terrific anthologies, audio books, and serial novels in one place - Thriller, Thriller2, Watchlist, The Chopin Manuscript, The Copper Bracelet, First Thrills, and Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads.  Check it out! www.thebigthrillers.com

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ThrillerFest VI - Sneak Preview

thrillerfest-VI-logo-tiny.jpgRegistration will begin soon for ThrillerFest VI, to be held July 6 - 9, 2011, again at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

Special guests include ThrillerMaster R.L. Stine, Robert Crais, and John Lescroart. Mark your calenders!

www.thrillerfest.com

 

New! Watchlist iPhone and iPad App

Vanguard Press is extremely proud to support the ITW and to announce that Watchlist, the killer collaboration between 22 bestselling authors from the ITW, is now available as an interactive App for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Jefffery Deaver, who conceived of the idea for Watchlist, created the main characters and set the plots in motion. Each author wrote a chapter and then Deaver brought both novellas to their startling conclusions.  Watchlist for the iPad presents both The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet novellas in one suspenseful thriller and features insightful video interviews with select authors. It also includes excerpts narrated by Alfred Molina and more. Download the App from iTunes now!

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Monthly Book Giveaway

books2.jpgCongratulations to Ruth Utterback, the winner of this month's BIG THRILL giveaway. Dan will receive an assortment of signed thrillers including Cheat the Grave by Vicki Pettersson, L.A. Bytes by P.A. Brown, Death on a Budget by Michael W. Sherer, The Insider by Reece Hirsch, Colby Velocity by Debra Webb, Damage Control by Amy J. Fetzer, Justice in June by Barbara Levenson, Deadly Trust by JJ Cooper, A Sudden Dawn by Goran Powell, Fly by Wire by Ward Larsen, Never Wave Goodbye by Doug Magee, The Mullah's Storm by Thomas W. Young, Dark Road Home by Karen Harper, Blind Man's Alley by Justin Peacock, No Place to Die by James L. Thane, A Rancher's Brand of Justice  by Ann Voss Peterson, and The Underbelly by Gary Phillips.

All subscribers to THE BIG THRILL webzine are automatically eligible for the monthly drawing. Click here to subscribe to the BIG THRILL email.

The International Thriller Writers is proud to announce the submission period for its 2011 Thriller Awards Competition is now open. All novels FIRST published in the English language by a commercial ITW Recognized Publisher within the 2010 calendar year are eligible for the respective categories listed on the Awards page on ITW's website.  

ITW will solicit publishers for eligible work, but ultimately it is the responsibility of each author who would like to be considered for an award category to contact his publisher and ensure copies reach each judge in that category by the stated deadline dates.

Publishers, agents, publicists and/or authors are required to get copies of eligible work into the hands of the category judges no later than December 1 to allow adequate time to review the titles. 

Full instructions and Rules for Eligibility can be found on the Awards page on ITW's website.

thriller-award.jpgDuring a gala banquet and celebration held on Saturday, July 10 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, the International Thriller Writers announced the winners of the 2010 Thriller Awards.

They are:

Best Hard Cover Novel:
THE NEIGHBOR, Lisa Gardner

Best Paperback Original Novel:
THE COLDEST MILE, Tom Piccirilli

Best First Novel:
RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL, Jamie Freveletti

Best Short Story:
A STAB IN THE HEART, Twist Phelan

Also receiving special recognition during the ThrillerFest V Awards Banquet:

Ken Follett, ThrillerMaster
in recognition of his legendary career and outstanding contributions to the thriller genre

Mark Bowden, True Thriller Award

Linda Fairstein, Silver Bullet Award

US Airways, Silver Bullet Award (Corporate)

The board of directors and members of the International Thriller Writers wish to congratulates all the winners and nominees of the 2010 Thriller Awards.

Here's our new Big Thrill Photo Gallery featuring pictures submitted by our members of their latest book signing or conference event. Enjoy the sideshow or visit our Flickr Gallery anytime to see pictures of ThrillerFest '09, '08 and '07.

 
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ThrillerFest

ITW's annual celebration of the thriller world is the largest event of its kind, a meeting place for authors, readers, budding writers, and publishing industry professionals.

For 2011, we’ll be back in the heart of New York in July with the ThrillerFest conference including CraftFest and AgentFest.

Grand Hyatt NYC

ThrillerFest VI will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

The dates will be July 6-9, 2011.

More information to follow.

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


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*
Raymond Khoury
Deborah LeBlanc
Eric Van Lustbader*
D.P. Lyle, M.D.*
Gayle Lynds*
Steve Martini
Brad Meltzer
David Morrell*
Katherine Neville*
Michael Palmer*
James Patterson*
Andrew Peterson
Douglas Preston*
Christopher Reich*
James Rollins*
M.J. Rose*
JoAnn Ross
Hank Phillippi Ryan
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
Nelson DeMille
Eileen Dreyer*
Linda Fairstein*
Vince Flynn*
Chris Fox
Joel Goldman*
Heather Graham*
Thomas Greanias
Gary Grossman
Humphrey Hawksley


*original member joined
by June 4, 2005

Bonnie Hearn Hill*
Alan Jacobson
Judith Kelman*
Harley Jane Kozak
Jon Land*
Dennis Lynds*
Michael McMenamin
Francine Mathews*
Kyle Mills*
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)
Maria Carvainis
Leisure Books*
Ed Mitchell*
Henry Morrison*
Adrian Muller*
Bill Sewell
Tor/Forge Books*

Supporters (Associates)
Linda Adams*
Brilliance Audio*
Emory Hackman*
Inkwell Management, LLC*
Mario Mastro
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