Jonathan Maberry: August 2010 Archives

Stuart Woods started out as an advertising copywriter in the 1960s and sold his first major novel, Chiefs, in 1981.  It was a modest hardback hit and then exploded in paperback and was made into a six-hour television drama for CBS-TV, starring Charlton Heston, Danny Glover, Billy Dee Williams and John Goodman.  The book also won the Edgar Award. More recently he was awarded France's Prix de Literature Policiere, for Imperfect Strangers. These days Stuart has logged forty-four novels and set up permanent camp on the New York Times best-seller list.  His latest novel, Santa Fe Edge, hits bookstores this month. Stuart took a few minutes to chat with The Big Thrill about his books and his process.

You've been doing this for a long time--44 books--what keeps it fresh for you?

I think it must be that, when writing, I live in the book, so each one is a fresh experience for me.

Tell us about Sante Fe Edge.

Santa Fe Edge is the new Ed Eagle novel, which is published September 20. It is the fourth novel in which Eagle appears, beginning with Santa Fe Rules.  I'm not going to tell your readers any more than that; they'll have to read the book.