

Meet the Thriller Author (Author Interviews)
Alan Petersen
Interviews with bestselling authors of mystery, suspense, and thriller books.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Nov 27, 2018 • 47min
MTTA 73: Gavin Reese
Gavin Reese grew up in the rural American Southwest, eventually moving to the Big City with his family, and considers both New Mexico and Arizona home. Gavin is a police officer. Since completing the police academy and field training, Gavin has enjoyed incredible success, and a lot of luck, in acquiring a diverse range of...
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Oct 17, 2018 • 32min
MTTA 72: James Scott Bell
James Scott Bell is a winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for his novel, Romeo’s Way, and the #1 bestselling author of books on the craft of writing. Jim attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he studied writing with Raymond Carver. He graduated with honors from the University of Southern California law...
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Sep 12, 2018 • 21min
MTTA 71: Bob Mayer
Bob Mayer is a NY Times Bestselling author. He’s had over 75 books published and sold over 5 million, including the #1 series Area 51, The Green Berets, Atlantis and the Time Patrol. He was born in the Bronx, New York. Graduated from West Point and served as an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division. Bob...
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Aug 14, 2018 • 34min
MTTA 70: Michael Lister
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...
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Jul 31, 2018 • 19min
MTTA 69: Ellison Cooper
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...
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Jul 17, 2018 • 28min
MTTA 68: Joseph Reid
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...
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Jun 1, 2018 • 30min
MTTA 67: Matthew Betley
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...
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Apr 17, 2018 • 30min
MTTA 66: Thomas Greanias
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...
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Apr 3, 2018 • 35min
MTTA 65: David F. Berens
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...
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Mar 20, 2018 • 26min
MTTA 64: David Banner
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....
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