

Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews)
Alan Petersen
Interviews with bestselling authors of mystery, suspense, and thriller books.
Episodes
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Jun 3, 2020 • 23min
MTTA 100: Barbara Nickless Interview
#1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Barbara Nickless promised her mother she’d be a novelist when she grew up. What could be safer than sitting at a desk all day? But a sense of adventure led her astray for a few decades. Now an award-winning author and creative writing instructor, she spends...
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May 29, 2020 • 24min
MTTA 99: Scott Carson Interview
Scott Carson is the pen name for a New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter. He lives in New England—just above a dam. THE CHILL is Scott’s first foray into the supernatural territory since THE RIDGE and SO COLD THE RIVER in nearly a decade. Scott Carson as Michael Koryta is the New York Times-bestselling...
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May 26, 2020 • 30min
MTTA 98: Andrew Mayne Interview
Andrew Mayne has starred in his own television show on A&E, Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne, and on Shark Week. He’s a bestselling novelist and magician. He started his first world tour as an illusionist when he was a teenager and went on to work behind the scenes for Penn & Teller, David Blaine and David...
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May 20, 2020 • 29min
MTTA 97: Andrews & Wilson Interview
Andrews & Wilson is the bestselling co-author team of several covert ops and action-adventure thriller books in the TIER ONE series and other books. Brian Andrews is a US Navy veteran, Park Leadership Fellow, and former submarine officer with a psychology degree from Vanderbilt and a masters in business from Cornell University. He is the...
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Apr 29, 2020 • 18min
MTTA 96: Jason Pinter Interview
Jason Pinter is the bestselling author of Hide Away, the first Rachel Marin novel, as well as five novels in his Henry Parker thriller series and the standalone novel The Castle, which have over one million copies in print worldwide and have been published in over a dozen countries. He is the Founder and Publisher...
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Apr 21, 2020 • 24min
MTTA 95: Marcia Clark Interview
Marcia Clark is a bestselling author and a criminal lawyer who began her career in law as a criminal defense attorney and went on to become a prosecutor in the L.A. District Attorney’s Office in 1981. She spent ten years in the Special Trials Unit, where she handled a number of high profile cases, including...
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Apr 7, 2020 • 26min
MTTA 94: Lee Goldberg Interview
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Lee Goldberg is back on the podcast to chat about his latest release FAKE TRUTH (the third book in his Ian Ludlow series). Lee Goldberg writes books and television shows (which we talk about during the interview). His mother wanted him to be a doctor, and his grandfather wanted...
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Mar 31, 2020 • 28min
MTTA 93: Dean Koontz Interview
I’m honored to have Dean Koontz back on the podcast (you can catch my first interview with Dean Koontz here). When he was a senior in college, Dean Koontz won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and has been writing ever since. His books are published in 38 languages and he has sold over 500 million...
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Mar 24, 2020 • 22min
MTTA 92: Gregg Hurwitz Interview
Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times, #1 internationally bestselling author of 21 thrillers, including the ORPHAN X series, and two award-winning thriller novels for teens. His novels have won numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been published in 32 languages. Gregg has written screenplays for or sold spec scripts to many...
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Mar 10, 2020 • 32min
MTTA 91: Bill Brewer
As a professor of Human Anatomy & Physiology, Bill Brewer learned the value of stories to keep his students engaged. Storytelling is a passion of his, which extends beyond the lecture hall. He enjoys writing because a character’s traits and personality grow as the story develops. Readers develop a connection with the character and are...
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