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Writer Stuff welcomes Mark Greaney!
Mark Greaney is the #1 NYT bestselling author of MIDNIGHT BLACK, the 14th GRAY MAN novel. The Netflix production of THE GRAY MAN, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, was the #1 most popular movie on the streaming service in 2022. Mark has written or co-written seven Tom Clancy novels and is also the co-author of the 2019 military thriller, RED METAL, and the 2022 release, Armored.
Learn more about Mark in his very own Dossier!
Writer Stuff welcomes Tori Eldridge!
Tori Eldridge is the bestselling author of the Lily Wong mystery thriller series—The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja’s Blade, The Ninja Betrayed, and The Ninja’s Oath—as well as a two-time Anthony Award nominee, Lefty and Macavity Awards finalist, and winner of the 2021 Crimson Scribe Award for Best Book of the Year.
Learn more about Tori in her very own Dossier!
Duane Swierczynski is the two-time Edgar-nominated author of 15 novels including Revolver, Canary, The Wheelman, The Blonde and Severance Package. His short story “Lush” was included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2019, and is currently being adapting into a feature by director Chad Stahelski (John Wick) for Lionsgate.
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Eric Bishop
After many years in corporate America, Eric Bishop decided to turn his passion for the written word and dreams of crafting a novel into reality. His debut novel, The Body Man, came out late 2021. In 2023, he started his own book imprint/publishing company, BruNoe Media Publishing.
K K Weakley
K K Weakley was born and reared in Wexford Ireland. Now living in Cashmere Washington with her husband, kids and 3 dogs. She has written 11 books and plays for stage. K K loves to read historical fiction, fast moving, and a good love story kind of book.
Elizabeth Kracht
Literary agent and author Elizabeth Kracht joined Kimberley Cameron & Associates in the fall of 2010 and is the author of The Author’s Checklist: An Agent’s Guide to Developing and Editing Your Manuscript. She represents both literary and commercial fiction as well as nonfiction, and brings to the agency experience as a former acquisitions editor, freelance publicist, and writer.
Tessa Wegert
Tessa Wegert is the author of the popular Shana Merchant mysteries, which include Death in the Family, The Dead Season, Dead Wind, The Kind to Kill, Devils at the Door, and The Coldest Case, along with the upcoming North Country thriller series. Her books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Shelf Awareness and have been featured on PBS and NPR Radio.
Robert Dugoni
Robert Dugoni is a critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author, reaching over 9 million readers worldwide. He is best known for his Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle. He is also the author of the Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, and several stand-alone novels.
Steve Stratton
Steve Stratton started his military career at the White House Communications Agency supporting the needs of President’s Ford and Carter, Vice President’s Rockefeller and Mondale and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. His work took him around the world introducing him to new cultures, ways of thinking, and the various agencies tasked with projecting and protecting American interests abroad.
Megan Beatie
Megan Beatie is a veteran book publicist with almost 30 years of experience in publishing. As the president and CEO of Megan Beatie Communications (MBC), a book publicity and marketing agency based in Los Angeles, she has represented books by many bestselling authors, including Linda Ronstadt, Tess Gerritsen, and Robert Dugoni.
J.M. Adams
Award winning author J. M. Adams is an Emmy nominated journalist with more than 15 years of on-air television journalism experience, reporting for major news affiliates across the United States and abroad.
Jack Stewart
Jack is a graduate of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and holds a Master of Science in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego. He is an airline pilot and has appeared as a military and commercial aviation expert on international cable news. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and three children.
Gregg Podolski
Gregg is a Jersey boy, born and bred. He still lives in the Garden State with his wife, their two kids, cranky cat and a psychotic rescue mutt named CJ. (Short for Crazy Janey. Points if you know the Springsteen reference). During the day he’s a headhunter for a family-owned recruitment firm, which spawned the idea for his humorous debut action/thriller, THE RECRUITER.
Bruce Borgos
Bruce Borgos writes stories about families and the people who will do anything to protect them. If you enjoy contemporary fiction with themes of human struggle and the power of love, then you will enjoy Bruce’s novels. He rarely smiles in phots and often wears the most stylish hats.
Simon Gervais
Simon Gervais was born in Montréal, Québec. He joined the Canadian military as an infantry officer and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1997. Assigned to the Infantry School in Gagetown, New Brunswick, he received extensive training in advanced reconnaissance and small-unit tactics.
Meredith Lyons
Meredith R. Lyons is the award-winning author of the paranormal suspense novel Ghost Tamer and a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters In Crime. She spent seventeen years as an actor in Chicago, and is a former internationally competitive kickboxer.
L.S. Goozdich
L.S. Goozdich, author of Vipers, Frozen Wraith, and Retaliation. He’s also host of the Men’s Adventure Fiction Podcast.
John Stamp
John Stamp is a multi-genre author, he was a Special Agent with the NCIS and FBI. He also served as a Police Officer in Charleston, South Carolina. He is a native of the Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York and holds a master’s degree in forensic science from the University of Florida.
Learn more about John at X, Instagram, & his website. For more original episodes of Writer Stuff with John Stamp, click here.
Jeff Circle
Jeff Circle is a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who served in the sand during Desert Storm, he’s been a police officer and a federal background investigator, and he’s supported special operation missions and certain counterintelligence activities in various deployed locations.
John and Jeff are both graduates from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and have opinions about the place.