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Rick Pullen
Rick Pullen authored the bestselling thriller, Naked Ambition, its sequel, Naked Truth and a standalone, The Apprentice. This story is from an anthology he’s writing about how famous crime writers got their start. Sign up for his newsletter, Idol Talk, at rickpullen.com for more insights, tidbits and gossip about famous crime authors. Rick splits his time between Florida and Virginia. He likes nothing more than sunshine, a cold beer, sand between his toes and a Padron cigar.
My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni
The bestselling author explains how he bounced around between jobs, agents and publishers, holding onto a dream, and eventually achieving it.
My First Thriller: David Corbett
David Corbett made a few stops on his way to becoming a bestselling author. He was a bar musician, an actor, and a linguistics grad student. Then he took a job as a private eye.
My First Thriller: James Grady
In 1971, a young Capitol Hill staffer walked by an old townhouse and wondered if it could be a CIA front. The idea would become Six Days of the Condor.
My First Thriller: Jenny Milchman
Jenny Milchman’s publisher thought she was nuts, but the first few months of the World’s Longest Book Tour was just the beginning.
My First Thriller: Harlan Coben
How Harlan Coben went from guiding tour buses in Spain to writing blockbuster novels that the French (and just about everyone else) can't get enough of.
My First Thriller: Michael Koryta
How did Michael Koryta break through with his first thriller at 19? (Yes, you read that right—he was 19 years old.)
My First Thriller: Tom Straw
How the man behind the Richard Castle novels went from radio dj to writing TV sitcoms to a bestselling series.
My First Thriller: Walter Mosley
How Mosley went from working as a computer programmer in 1980's New York City to writing the iconic Devil in a Blue Dress.
My First Thriller: Randy Wayne White
How he went from guiding fishing clients to writing magazine columns to creating Doc Ford and a bestselling series of novels.
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