Candice Fox

Candice Fox is an international and #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She began collaborating with James Patterson in 2015 and their first novel, Never Never, was a huge bestseller in Australia and went straight to the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list as well as to the top of the charts in the UK. Since then they have written Black & Blue, Fifty Fifty, Liar Liar, and Hush Hush. Candice considers herself a crafter, animal-lover and wine drinker and lives in Sydney with her family. 

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John Raab

John Raab is a publishing industry professional and podcast producer who is also the founder of Suspense Magazine and the CEO of Suspense Publishing. If you like thrillers, suspense, mystery, or horror, be sure to check out these resources. John was also the impetus to me starting The Story Blender, so it's exciting for me to have him on the show today. 

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Travis Thrasher

Bestselling author Travis Thrasher has written over 50 books ranging from fiction to nonfiction and love stories to supernatural thrillers. Travis worked for thirteen years at Tyndale House Publishers after graduating college, an experience that was helpful in allowing him to understand the writing life as well as training him to work with a variety of personalities. His inspirational stories have included collaborations with filmmakers, musicians, athletes, celebrities, and comedians.

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Raymond Khoury

Raymond Khoury is a New York Times bestselling author whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages. His book The Last Templar was adapted into a comic book and an NBC television miniseries. An acclaimed screenwriter and producer for both television and film, he has also penned several scripts for BBC series such as Spooks (known in the US as MI:5) and Waking the Dead. 

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Adam Hamdy

Adam Hamdy is a British author and screenwriter who works with studios and production companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Prior to beginning his writing career, he worked as a strategy consultant advising global businesses, and is now the author of the Pendulum Trilogy, an epic series of conspiracy thriller novels. Publishers Weekly calls the first book, Pendulum, a “fast-paced, cinematic thriller.” Adam holds degrees in law and philosophy from the University of Oxford and University of London, respectively.

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Jeff Buick

Jeff Buick writes fast moving fiction across numerous genres, including mystery, suspense, thrillers and crime. Over the last twenty years, he’s written twenty-one books. For Jeff, it’s all about the story. A tight plot with well-crafted characters means a psychological thriller geared for readers who love an adventure, and creating the characters who populate his books is second only to the plot line. Jeff lives in Calgary, Canada, which he says is wonderful in the summer but not so much in the winter.

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Jamie Freveletti

Jamie Freveletti is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author of seven novels and four short stories. In addition to her own novels, she also wrote The Janus Reprisal and The Geneva Strategy for Robert Ludlum’s Covert One series. Her works have won an International Thriller Writers Best First Novel award and a Barry award and have been published into four languages. Apart from writing, Jamie has also practiced law in Chicago and is an avid distance runner and a black belt in aikido.

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Francine Rivers

Francine Rivers graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Journalism from the University of Nevada, Reno. From 1976 to 1985, she had a successful writing career in the general market and her books were awarded or nominated for numerous awards and prizes. Shortly after becoming a Christian in 1986, Francine wrote Redeeming Love, which has held a spot on the Christian bestseller list for nearly a decade. Her novels appear in more than 30 languages. 

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Randy Ingermanson

Randy Ingermanson is a novelist and conference speaker who holds a PhD from UC Berkley in theoretical physics. He has written six novels and won three Christy Awards for Excellence in Christian Fiction. Library Journal calls him “one of the best authors of biblical fiction today.” Randy has developed an approach to writing novels called “The Snowflake Method,” making him “The Snowflake Guy,” otherwise known as “America’s Mad Professor of Fiction Writing.” 

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James R. Hannibal

James R. Hannibal is the award-winning author of Shadow Catcher and Wraith. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and has flown the A-10 Warthog, the MQ-1 Predator drone, and the B-2 Stealth Bomber, totaling over 1000 combat and combat support hours. He regularly reviews terrorism-related nonfiction for the New York Journal of Books. His latest thriller is The Gryphon Heist, which released in early September. 

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