Order of Laura Wilson Books
Laura Wilson is an English novelist of crime thriller novels. She writes the DI Ted Stratton series. Laura was born and raised in London, England. She has English Literature degrees from Somerville College, Oxford and University College London. Laura has worked as a teacher and has edited non-fiction. She often sets her novels in the past, or connects them to a historical event, and sometimes utilizes a split or dual narrative style. (more…)
Order of E.V. Cunningham Books
E.V. Cunningham is a pen name of American author Howard Fast (1914-2003). Using this pen name, he writes mystery and thriller novels (among other genres), including the Masao Masuto series. The novel Penelope was adapted to film. (more…)
Order of Howard Fast Books
Howard Fast (1914-2003) was an American author of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and screenplays. He grew up the son of immigrants in New York City, and published his first novel after high school. Howard was sent to prison after he failed to provide U.S. Congress with a list of potential Communist associates. It was behind bars that he would write one of his most popular novels, Spartacus. His writing mixed his commitment to social justice with his style of storytelling that was both deft and lively. He also wrote as E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. (more…)
Order of China Mieville Books
China Mieville is an English author of fantasy, steampunk and New Weird fiction novels and stories as well as non-fiction books. He has won the Arthur C. Clark, British Fantasy, Locus, Hugo, Kitschies and World Fantasy awards multiple times each. Although China is mostly associated with fantasy genre (and the like), he has said he intends to write a novel in each genre. He has his B.A. in social anthropology and his Master’s and Ph.D in international relations. (more…)
Order of David Guterson Books
David Guterson is an American author of literary fiction novels, in addition to writing short stories, poems and essays. He was born in Seattle, Washington, and earned his M.A. from the University of Washington. David is a Guggenheim Fellow, and a former contributing editor to Harper’s magazine. He is also a co-founder of Field’s End, an organization for writers. (more…)
Order of Amitav Ghosh Books
Amitav Ghosh is an Indian author of fiction and non-fiction books. Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied in Dehra Dun, New Delhi, Alexandria and Oxford and his first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned a doctorate at Oxford. He has taught at many universities in India and the United States, including Delhi University, Columbia, the City University of New York and Harvard. Amitav is married to the writer, Deborah Baker, and has two children, Lila and Nayan. He divides his time between Kolkata, Goa and Brooklyn. (more…)
Order of Life In Icicle Falls Books
Life in Icicle Falls is a series of contemporary romance novels by Sheila Roberts. The series is about several stories set in the town of Icicle Falls, Washington. (more…)
Order of Sheila Roberts Books
Sheila Roberts is an author of contemporary romance and women’s fiction novels. She writes the Life in Icicle Falls series. Prior to becoming a writer, Sheila owned a singing telegram company and played in a band (she still loves writing songs). Her novel On Strike for Christmas was adapted into a Lifetime movie, and The Nine Lives of Christmas was made into a movie for the Hallmark Channel. Besides writing, she also speaks to women’s groups. Sheila is married, has three children and lives in the Pacific Northwest. (more…)
August 2017 Newsletter
Can’t believe it’s August already – where does the time go?
First off a big thank you to everyone who interacted socially with BookSeries.org last month – I really appreciate it.
As a thank you I’m running a contest there where you can win a FREE Kindle Paperwhite. All you have to do is register and click “enter” to get one entry – then there are a bunch of additional things you can do to get additional entries.
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Reader Mailbag: Standalone Thrillers
Last month I asked our readers to the newsletter what standalone thrillers they would recommend.
Here were the responses: