by N. Ryan Tucker “Train a Comin’” placed first in Southern New Hampshire University’s 2024 Fall Fiction Contest. I don’t remember makin’ the devil no damn deal. Musta bargained with him when I was a kid. Can’t call to mind much of them times anyway. I knew it weren’t no…
by Rebecca LeBoeuf Since the last time The Penmen Review caught up with Joe Giordano in 2015, the author has been hard at work on his latest novel, “Appointment with ISIL: An Anthony Provati Thriller,” which was released in June. Shifting away from the historical fiction genre, Provati tried his…
by Rebecca LeBoeuf Author and screenwriter Ryne Douglas Pearson may be best known for the 2009 film, “Knowing,” a sci-fi thriller featuring Nicholas Cage that hit number one in the international box office during its opening weekend. He first emerged in the world of screenwriting, however, with the film, “Mercury…
In this 2008 interview with Barnes & Noble Booksellers, bestselling author John Grisham discusses his writing process, his inspiration and one of his many books, “The Appeal.”
by Pamme Boutselis Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen began her career as a physician, turning to fiction writing during a maternity leave from work. Her first novel, a romantic thriller, published in 1987. The success of “Call After Midnight” led to eight more romantic suspense novels as well as a…
by Pamme Boutselis Gary Braver is the pen name of Gary Goshgarian, an award-winning professor of English at Northeastern University and the author of eight critically acclaimed suspense novels; three under his own name – “Atlantis Fire,” “Rough Beast” and “The Stone Circle” – and five under his pen name…
by Pamme Boutselis Chevy Stevens is the author of The New York Times bestselling novel, “Still Missing,” which won the 2011 International Thriller of the Year Award in the Best First Novel category. “Still Missing” has been published in over 30 countries. Her second novel, “Never Knowing,” is also an…