Author Spotlight

Jeffery Deaver on Survivalists, Cults and His New Thriller “The Goodbye Man”

“Deaver balances suspense and plausibility perfectly … A perfect jumping-on point for readers new to one of today’s top contemporary thriller writers.” — Publishers Weekly Starred Review —∞— Author Jeffery Deaver, known best for his Lincoln Rhyme series, wrote his first book at age 11. He has always known he…

Chelsea CicconeMay 18, 2020

Author Spotlight

Peter Damm: Growing Up in Rural Michigan and Discovering the Rest of the World

“Life is not static,” says author Peter Damm. “Life is like the waves in the ocean. Sometimes, the water is calm and placid. Sometimes, it gently rolls. Other times, it roars and can destroy us. And almost never is it predictable.” Perhaps it is that unpredictability that teaches us valuable…

BookTribMay 14, 2020

Author Spotlight

Andrew Milburn On His Unusual Path to the Marines and Writing His Memoir

Marines, with their ritual, tradition, obedience and hierarchy, thrive in a profession that most Americans would tend to avoid. “It is the camaraderie engendered by shared hardship for a common cause that helps offset the trauma of combat, ” writes Andrew Milburn in When the Tempest Gathers (Pen and Sword…

BookTribApril 20, 2020

Author Spotlight Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Marcia Clark on Prosecution, Defense and Anti-Hero Sam Brinkman

Los Angeles defense attorney Samantha “Sam” Brinkman is an antihero extraordinaire. We love her, but she’s done some terrible things, and she’s not apologetic in the least. In Final Judgment (Thomas & Mercer), bestselling author Marcia Clark sets Sam up in a case too close to home: she investigates and…

K.L. RomoApril 23, 2020

Author Spotlight

Thriller Author Weiss Knows A Thing or Two About Engaging Audiences

Shortly after he completed a technological thriller called The Second Son, his first book, author Martin Jay Weiss was asked to reveal the secrets of his writing process. His answer: I wrote the book at Starbucks. I wrote the shortest chapters when I was most caffeinated. I spent a lot…

BookTribApril 22, 2020

Author Spotlight Thrillers

Debra Bokur on Probing the Dark Side of Paradise in “The Fire Thief”

“When it’s serene, there’s no place more peaceful; when it’s storm season or the volcano is erupting, the landscape is steeped in a primitive kind of violence. These factors influence the people who live within this environment, for good or ill. There seems to be a general and often naïve…

Neil NyrenApril 27, 2020

Author Spotlight Book Club Network

Author Amy Engel on Her Approach to Writing and “The Familiar Dark”

People always say there are two types of writers: those who outline and those who don’t. If that is in fact the case, then I am firmly in camp of no outline. I tried outlining once at the beginning of my career because I thought that’s what real writers were…

BookTrib Guest AuthorMay 3, 2020

Author Spotlight Fiction

Stacey Halls: How a Visit to an 1700s Orphanage Inspired “The Lost Orphan”

The Lost Orphan by Stacey Halls (Mira), which takes place in 1747, could just as easily been titled “A Tale of Two Mothers,” with a respectful nod to Charles Dickens’ novel set similarly in Georgian London three decades later. Clearly, in both stories, “It was the best of times, it…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"April 7, 2020

Author Spotlight Fiction

Kelly Rimmer on the Role of Women’s Issues in “Truths I Never Told You”

No matter what your age, you’ll have an emotional reaction to Truths I Never Told You (Graydon House) by Kelly Rimmer. This stirring story spans five decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s, addressing a myriad of common family and societal issues that have touched most of us at one…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"April 14, 2020

Author Spotlight Nonfiction

Dave Sedaris on Being an Open Book: Love, Shame, Family and Death

YouTube Originals has premiered BookTube's seventh episode, an in-depth conversation with essayist David Sedaris, whose confessional approach to writing about love, shame, family and death has earned him national acclaim. For this episode, BookTube invited comedian Joel Kim Booster and YouTubers Cindy Pham (ReadWithCindy), Jake Roper (VSauce3), and Francine Simone…

BookTribApril 16, 2020

Author Spotlight

Sara Sligar on Art and Illness in “Take Me Apart”

Photography is violent. When we capture a subject in a photo, we steal that person out of time and flatten them. We reduce them so we can preserve them forever. You have to acknowledge that violence. Rejoice in it. I think that’s why I do so many self-portraits. All my…

Neil NyrenApril 3, 2020

Author Spotlight

John DeSimone on Delano and the Lessons of Cesar Chavez

How many people can recall the classic image after the 1968 Delano Grape Boycott of a weakened Cesar Chavez breaking a 25-day hunger strike seated next to Senator Robert Kennedy? Unfortunately, too few – history buffs or not. Yet Chavez’s fire and commitment had staggering repercussions, and John DeSimone’s The…

BookTribApril 4, 2020

Author Spotlight

Frank L. Cole on Brewing Potions and that Special Ingredient Called Imagination

Frank L. Cole has beautifully constructed an imaginative world for middle-graders in which magical potions are crucial to our everyday life. That’s the basis of the fun Potion Masters trilogy, with the final installment, The Seeking Serum, having just been released. As his books are so creative, it’s no wonder…

BookTribMarch 19, 2020

Author Spotlight Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Reichs on Her Return to Tempe in a “A Conspiracy of Bones”

It’s never an easy decision for an author to take a writing hiatus — not when you’re dealing with a series character, and especially when that character is as well-known as Temperance Brennan, the plucky forensic anthropologist at the heart of Kathy Reichs’s New York Times bestselling series. But for…

Dawn IusMarch 20, 2020

Author Spotlight Thrillers

“The Red Lotus” Author Bohjalian on Pathogens, Process and Pending HBO Series

From the bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant comes a twisted and timely new mystery/thriller. In The Red Lotus (Doubleday), Chris Bohjalian presents a blossoming love sprinkled with lies — one that causes us to ask ourselves how well we know the people we care about. Alexis, an…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 20, 2020

Author Spotlight

David Putnam Q&A: His Writing Method and Evolving Series Characters

David Putnam’s seventh novel, a fast-moving police thriller about the world of Los Angeles County officer Bruno Johnson, involves a hunt for escaped convicts through the meanest streets of Los Angeles. The premise certainly isn’t unfamiliar. Bruno and the bad guy, an escaped sociopathic killer with a foot fetish named…

BookTribMarch 9, 2020

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Jeffery Deaver on Survivalists, Cults and His New Thriller “The Goodbye Man”

Peter Damm: Growing Up in Rural Michigan and Discovering the Rest of the World

Andrew Milburn On His Unusual Path to the Marines and Writing His Memoir

ITW Spotlight: Marcia Clark on Prosecution, Defense and Anti-Hero Sam Brinkman

Thriller Author Weiss Knows A Thing or Two About Engaging Audiences

Debra Bokur on Probing the Dark Side of Paradise in “The Fire Thief”

Author Amy Engel on Her Approach to Writing and “The Familiar Dark”

Stacey Halls: How a Visit to an 1700s Orphanage Inspired “The Lost Orphan”

Kelly Rimmer on the Role of Women’s Issues in “Truths I Never Told You”

Dave Sedaris on Being an Open Book: Love, Shame, Family and Death

Sara Sligar on Art and Illness in “Take Me Apart”

John DeSimone on Delano and the Lessons of Cesar Chavez

Frank L. Cole on Brewing Potions and that Special Ingredient Called Imagination

ITW Spotlight: Reichs on Her Return to Tempe in a “A Conspiracy of Bones”

“The Red Lotus” Author Bohjalian on Pathogens, Process and Pending HBO Series

David Putnam Q&A: His Writing Method and Evolving Series Characters

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