Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews)

Michael Lister grew up in a small town in North Florida near the Gulf of Mexico and the Apalachicola River. Captivated by story since childhood, Michael has a love for language and narrative inspired by the Southern storytelling tradition that captured his imagination and became such a source of meaning and inspiration. He holds undergraduate... The post MTTA 70: Michael Lister appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Ellison Cooper has a Ph.D. in anthropology from UCLA, with a background in archaeology, cultural neuroscience, ancient religion, colonialism, and human rights. She has conducted fieldwork in Central America, West Africa, Micronesia, and Western Europe. She has worked as a murder investigator in Washington DC, and is a certified K9 Search and Rescue Federal Disaster... The post MTTA 69: Ellison Cooper appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Joseph Reid is the debut author of Takeoff, the first adventure of air marshal-turned-investigator Seth Walker. The son of a navy helicopter pilot, Reid chased great white sharks as a marine biologist before becoming a patent lawyer who litigates multi-million-dollar cases for high-tech companies. He has flown millions of miles on commercial aircraft and has... The post MTTA 68: Joseph Reid appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Matthew Betley writes the bestselling Logan West Thrillers. He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended St. Xavier High School and then Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated with a B.A. in psychology and minors in political science and sociology. Upon graduation, he worked in corporate America for five years in Cincinnati before... The post MTTA 67: Matthew Betley appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Thomas Greanias is a New York Times bestselling novelist and one of the world’s leading authors of adventure. His books in print have been translated into multiple languages and sold in 200 nations around the globe. A former journalist and on-air correspondent for NBC, Greanias infuses his international thrillers with provocative issues ripped from tomorrow’s headlines (bio). Connect with... The post MTTA 66: Thomas Greanias appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

David Berens is a professional tennis player, teaching folks how to play tennis as well writing crime thrillers. He has traveled up and down the East Coast and has been a tourist at every beach from Key West to Pawleys Island. Today he calls Knoxville, Tennessee home, where he lives with his family. A constant... The post MTTA 65: David F. Berens appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

David Banner is an author living in the Coastal Southeast. He has always loved the beach and the open water is a movie lover and spends way too much time playing catch on the sand with his Airedale terrier. He is the author of the Dangerous Waters thriller series set in the Gulf Coast of Florida.... The post MTTA 64: David Banner appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Philip Donlay has been a flight instructor, flown a private jet for a Saudi prince, and for twenty-eight years flew a corporate jet for a Fortune 500 company. Licensed to fly six different jets and having logged nearly 14,000 hours, his travels have taken him to over forty countries on five continents. No longer flying,... The post MTTA 63: Philip Donlay appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Dr. Lucinda Berry is a trauma psychologist and leading researcher in childhood trauma. She uses her clinical experience to create disturbing psychological thrillers, blurring the lines between fiction and nonfiction. She enjoys taking her readers on a journey through the dark recesses of the human psyche. If she’s not chasing her eight-year-old son around, you... The post MTTA 62: Lucinda Berry appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.

Steven Konkoly is the USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas. His canon of THRILLERS includes: the FRACTURED STATE trilogy, a “24-style,” near future conspiracy series set in the southwest United States; the BLACK FLAGGED books, a gritty, no-holds-barred covert operations, and espionage saga; and THE PERSEID COLLAPSE series, a tense, thriller... The post MTTA 61: Steven Konkoly appeared first on Meet the Thriller Author.