36 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.
Hot off the press:
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- FEAR: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror edited by R.L. Stine
- Santa Fe Edge by Stuart Woods
- The Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson
- Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs
- Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
- Skating Around The Law by Joelle Charbonneau
- Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
- Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
- The De Valera Deception by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin
- Pretty Little Things by Jilliane Hoffman
- No Place To Die by James L. Thane
- WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil by Janice Gable Bashman with Jonathan Maberry
- In the Echo of Violence by Jordan Dane
- American Devil by Oliver Stark
- Trail of Blood by Lisa Black
- The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
- Eureka: Substitution Method by Cris Ramsay
- Death On A Budget by Michael W. Sherer
- The Darkest Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay
- Bolt Action by Charlie Charters
- While Galileo Preys by Joshua Corin
- Lost Empire by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood
- Never Wave Goodbye by Doug Magee
- Bachelor Sheriff by Paula Graves
- Ghost Moon by Heather Graham
- The Dragon's Mark by Alex Archer
- Galway Noir by Pat Mullen
- An Ordinary Decent Criminal by Michael Van Rooy
- Fly By Wire by Ward Larsen
- Scoop to Kill by Wendy Lyn Watson
- You are Next by Katia Lief
- Tough Customer by Sandra Brown
- Killer Heat by Brenda Novak
- The Mullah's Storm by Thomas W. Young
- Judgment Day by Wanda L Dyson
- Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the System and the Two Women Who Found Him by Laura Caldwell
- A Between the Lines interview with Ridley Pearson
- International News from Mike Nicol
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
Turn 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!
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
ThrillerFest VI - Sneak Preview
Registration 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!
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!
Monthly Book Giveaway
Congratulations 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.
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.
During 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.
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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.
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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