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My First Thriller: David Baldacci

My First Thriller: David Baldacci

After David Baldacci got the phone call that would change his life, he had to walk back into a roomful of insurance lawyers.

By Rick Pullen | May 5, 2022

My First Thriller: Robert Dugoni

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.

By Rick Pullen | April 14, 2022

My First Thriller: David Corbett

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.

By Rick Pullen | March 9, 2022

My First Thriller: James Grady

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.

By Rick Pullen | September 9, 2021

My First Thriller: Jenny Milchman

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.

By Rick Pullen | July 29, 2021

My First Thriller: Harlan Coben

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.

By Rick Pullen | May 6, 2021

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My First Thriller: Randy Wayne White

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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My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

My First Thriller: Lawrence Block

Sixty years later, Block says writing midcentury erotica was an "ideal apprenticeship" for a life in crime fiction.

By Rick Pullen | January 7, 2021

My First Thriller: Scott Turow

My First Thriller: Scott Turow

For eight years, he wrote in thirty minute bursts on a commuter train. Then, he had himself a blockbuster novel.

By Rick Pullen | October 29, 2020

Gayle Lynds: My First Thriller

Gayle Lynds: My First Thriller

She was told nobody wanted to read spy novels by women. She proved them wrong in a big way.

By Rick Pullen | September 17, 2020

My First Thriller: David Morrell

My First Thriller: David Morrell

How the 'First Blood' author went from being a graduate student writing Faulkner imitations to reinventing the action novel.

By Rick Pullen | August 13, 2020

My First Thriller: Steve Berry

My First Thriller: Steve Berry

After twelve years and eighty-six submissions, Steve Berry's persistence finally paid off with the launch of a blockbuster series.

By Rick Pullen | July 9, 2020

My First Thriller: <br>Tess Gerritsen

My First Thriller:
Tess Gerritsen

How the creator of Rizzoli & Isles went from working late-night hospital shifts in Honolulu to writing bestselling thrillers.

By Rick Pullen | June 4, 2020

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