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A Carnival of Horror in Kathryn Ann Kingsley’s “The Contortionist”

What does it mean to be human? When do we cease to be ourselves? And how much of ourselves are we willing to give up to be happy? Interesting questions – ones that author Kathryn Ann Kingsley identifies as the central themes in her macabre work, The Contortionist. At one…

BookTribJanuary 6, 2021

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ITW Spotlight: Jason Pinter Discusses His Masterful Murder Mystery

There are tiger moms. And then there’s Rachel Marin, the protagonist in Jason Pinter's thriller series that bears her name. Pinter has given Rachel a unique skill set: she has an uncanny ability to see clues that crime scene investigators may miss. She’s also a lethal killer. And, yes, that…

Josie BrownJanuary 12, 2021

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John W. Warner IV Talks History, Politics and the Grand Prix in “Little Anton”

“I’ve met many presidents, politicians, celebrities, kings, QE2, scientists, historians, and senior military figures over my 59 years, so I can incorporate those experiences into my work. It’s a delicate dance, but one I cherish as a mind-bending challenge.” So says John W. Warner IV, about how he melded actual…

BookTribJanuary 11, 2021

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Asha Lemmie on Writing Her Acclaimed Debut, “Fifty Words for Rain”

“Consumed by a far-flung odyssey, coming up only for a sip of water … I inhaled Fifty Words for Rain in one day.” —The New York Times Book Review —∞— "A lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 31, 2020

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Ashley Audrain on the Dark Side of Motherhood in “The Push”

“One day you’ll understand, Blythe. The women in this family…we’re different.” The woman talking in Ashley Audrain’s scorching novel The Push (Pamela Dorman Books) is Blythe Connor’s mother, Cecilia. Cecilia’s mother, Etta, hung herself at the age of thirty-two. Cecilia herself left the family when Blythe was only eleven. “I don’t…

Neil NyrenDecember 25, 2020

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Forgotten Renaissance Humanist Emerges From History’s Shadows

Debut author Tim Darcy Ellis stumbled across the subject of his novel, renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives, by chance. Twelve years later, Ellis has produced The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives, a work of historical fiction that resurrects this historical figure through imagined personal writings that capture a man who was…

BookTribDecember 16, 2020

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Australian Author Helen Gailey on Crafting Historical Narratives

In 18th-century London, the differences in social classes were profound. That’s what made the friendship between Betsy, a servant, and Catherine, an aristocrat, so unusual. In fact, says Helen Gailey, author of the fittingly titled historical novel Betsy and Catherine: An Uncommon Friendship, Catherine’s peers “would look down on her…

BookTribDecember 7, 2020

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Fact Into Fiction: Sounding the Climate Change Alarm

Upset about the United States's recent approach to environmental policy and climate deniers, Arthur Jeon picked up his pen and began to write. Although he had published nonfiction works previously, Jeon decided to relay facts about climate change through fiction in his thriller Snowflake. He says, "studies have shown that…

BookTribDecember 8, 2020

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Maureen Lutz on Turbulent Times and Becoming Your Own Hero

Jamie Corrigan’s troubled yet street-smart New York City upbringing by Irish Catholic immigrant parents shapes him into the hero he becomes, both during his tour in Vietnam and beyond, in Maureen Lutz’s historical novel Hero Can I Be. (Read our review here.) And where did the author find the inspiration…

BookTribDecember 2, 2020

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Comedy Screenwriter/Producer Ed. Weinberger Takes to the Page for Political Satire

“Trying to be funny while writing about Trump’s deadly serious threat to our democracy.” That’s what nine-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Ed. Weinberger, known for his work on such legendary comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi and The Cosby Show, saw as his biggest challenge in writing the just-released GOTCHA!, which takes…

BookTribOctober 28, 2020

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A Stylish Noir and a Woman You Do Not Want to Cross in “The Lady Upstairs”

“Maybe she wasn’t even a she at all. Except too many of the marks, the names funneled to Lou and me in white envelopes, were bad men — cheaters, assholes, men who never heard a no. They weren’t exclusively the men we targeted, but it was more than a passing…

Neil NyrenOctober 30, 2020

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“The Opium Prince” Is the Story of a Man and a Nation on the Brink

“My father used to tell me, The rich world has rules and regulations. The poor world has rituals and traditions. These worlds weigh the same.” The speaker is Daniel Sajadi, his father was an Afghan war hero, and in Jasmine Aimaq’s The Opium Prince (Soho Crime), he is about to…

Neil NyrenNovember 27, 2020

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Dana Wright on Creating Strong Female Characters and Supporting Fellow Authors

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/wright-spotlight-1.jpg “I wanted to write fantasy with strong female characters who weren’t good girls,” says Dana J. Wright, author of Feed Me. “I was fed up with stories centered on virgins, or almost virgins, who met bad boys and then basically kowtowed to whatever the males wanted.” “I will probably…

BookTribNovember 9, 2020

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Old But Spry Texas Lawman Walks the Line of Right and Wrong, and Reavis Wortham Has Nothing But Respect

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/booktrib_ReavisWortham_FBLive.jpg Inspired by his own grandfather, a Lamar County constable, Reavis Z. Wortham wrote his historical mystery thriller, The Rock Hole, with Ned Parker, an old but spry Texas lawman, as its hero. In a recent interview for BookTrib, Wortham shared some of his memories of working with his grandfather…

BookTribOctober 30, 2020

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ITW Spotlight: Lee Child Is Ready for Retirement! Fret Not, His Younger Brother Will Continue Jack Reacher

Before the end of chapter two of The Sentinel (Delacorte Press) — the latest Jack Reacher novel — our hero has been outnumbered in two fights, and the body count is rising. You know it’s coming. It always does. But Lee Child is so good at satisfying that visceral urge…

Rick PullenNovember 3, 2020

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Young Girls Are Lured into a Life of Prostitution in “The Third Daughter” by Talia Carner

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Third-Daughter-2.jpg The Third Daughter by Talia Carner explores a dark time in history at the turn of the 20th century when Jews from Russia emigrated to the Americas to flee persecution, sometimes to suffer worse fates at the hands of those who would help them. I was fortunate enough to attend…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 6, 2020

A Carnival of Horror in Kathryn Ann Kingsley’s “The Contortionist”

ITW Spotlight: Jason Pinter Discusses His Masterful Murder Mystery

John W. Warner IV Talks History, Politics and the Grand Prix in “Little Anton”

Asha Lemmie on Writing Her Acclaimed Debut, “Fifty Words for Rain”

Ashley Audrain on the Dark Side of Motherhood in “The Push”

Forgotten Renaissance Humanist Emerges From History’s Shadows

Australian Author Helen Gailey on Crafting Historical Narratives

Fact Into Fiction: Sounding the Climate Change Alarm

Maureen Lutz on Turbulent Times and Becoming Your Own Hero

Comedy Screenwriter/Producer Ed. Weinberger Takes to the Page for Political Satire

A Stylish Noir and a Woman You Do Not Want to Cross in “The Lady Upstairs”

“The Opium Prince” Is the Story of a Man and a Nation on the Brink

Dana Wright on Creating Strong Female Characters and Supporting Fellow Authors

Old But Spry Texas Lawman Walks the Line of Right and Wrong, and Reavis Wortham Has Nothing But Respect

ITW Spotlight: Lee Child Is Ready for Retirement! Fret Not, His Younger Brother Will Continue Jack Reacher

Young Girls Are Lured into a Life of Prostitution in “The Third Daughter” by Talia Carner

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