100 Most Popular Thriller and Suspense Authors : Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies

Readers can't get enough of them. Publishers can't get them out fast enough. Thrillers have stepped up from their niche status to become a full-blown genre, and dominate today's best-seller lists. Who are the remarkable writers behind today's best-selling thrillers? This volume profiles 100 of today's most popular thriller and suspense writers. While focusing on such contemporary authors as Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Alan Furst, John Grisham, Lisa Scottoline, and Stuart Woods, a few classics whose works are still in print and widely read (e.g., Len Deighton, Mickey Spillane) are also included. In addition to information about the personal and writing lives of this fascinating and diverse group, users will find a list of their published works. Black and white author photos accompany many of the profiles.It takes a special kind of author to write a gripping suspense story or blockbuster thriller. With its powerful language and nonstop, heart-pounding action, this genre has taken today readers by storm and almost always dominates the best-seller lists-from legal and political thrillers, to spy/espionage stories and psychological suspense. So who are the remarkable writers behind these stories? This volume profiles 100 of today's most popular thriller and suspense writers. While focusing on such contemporary authors as Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Alan Furst, John Grisham, Lisa Scottoline, and Stuart Woods, a few classics whose works are still in print and widely read (e.g., Len Deighton, Mickey Spillane) are also included. In addition to information about the personal and writing lives of this fascinating and diverse group, users will find a list of their published works. Black and white author photos accompany many of the profiles.