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Audible.com Releases the Gray Man unabridged audiobook!

September 1st, 2010

Here is the link to download The Gray Man in audio format. I'm going to get it myself, I heard the narrators "try out" and thought he was great. That seems like a deceptively difficult job, bringing the page to life with only your disembodied voice.

Audible.com

Publishers Weekly Review of On Target

September 1st, 2010

Publisher's Weekly gave a great review to On Target. Scroll down the page and check it out!

On Target Review

My first magazine cover!!!

September 1st, 2010

Less than a month until On Target

September 1st, 2010

It's been a fast year. My 2nd book, On Target (Court Gentry 2 or CG2 as I tend to abbreviate it), will be out on September 28th!

The Gray Man nominated for Best Thriller

July 7th, 2010
I am very proud to announce that my debut novel, The Gray Man, has received a nomination for Barry Award for Best Thriller. The award is named after the beloved late reviewer of crime novels, Barry Gardner. The winner will be announced in San Francisco at the great Bouchercon crime, mystery, and thriller novel conference in October. Wish me luck!!!!

The Film Option

May 26th, 2010

I have a guest post running on the great book-related blog, Gelati's Scoop. I was asked to write a piece about how the film option for The Gray Man came to life.

Round 2 of the "Smackdown"

May 21st, 2010

Please vote for The Gray Man, today only, in the Megalith Books Smackdown's 2nd round.

Books That Rock

May 9th, 2010

The Gray Man is in a head to head "smackdown" on the great book review site- Megalith Books. Today only.

 If you enjoyed the book, PLEASE click the link and vote for it! 

 Thanks!

The Latest News about the Film Adaptation

May 2nd, 2010
A screenwriter has been hired to turn the Gray Man into a screenplay. I get asked all the time what's happening with the film rights. This is the first I've heard since the option sold last fall, and I really hope this tid bit of info buys me a little time before I am hounded again for Hollywood news. I live in Memphis, Tennessee, and Memphis is not exactly plugged into the circuits of the ...

Audio Rights Sold to Audible

April 10th, 2010
I'm very excited to announce that Audio Rights for The Gray Man and On Target have been sold to Audible, with an option for Ballistic, the 3rd book in the series.

Research

April 9th, 2010

I've been in Mexico for the past three weeks, researching the 3rd Court Gentry book, Ballistic, which will come out next year. I flew into Puerto Vallarta, went up the Nayarit Coast to San Blas, through the Sierra Madres and Jalisco Tequila country, went to Guadalajara for a few days, and then spent a week in Mexico City.

Sometimes you don't need fiction...

March 8th, 2010

Actually you CAN make this stuff up, but it's interesting to know you don't have to!

CIA's acoustic Kitty

The Big Thrill

March 1st, 2010

I was lucky enough to get a great review and interview in the March edition of The Big Thrill, put out by Thrillerwriters.org. I'm honored.

The Book The Movie

February 28th, 2010

 Here's a piece I wrote on the blog My Book the Movie

The Page 69 Test

February 18th, 2010

I have a piece on the really fascinating website "The Page 69 Test". Here is the premise; they get authors to talk about the 69th page of their book, and relate how well it encompasses the story and the spirit of their work.

Please take a look!

The Page 69 Test

The Most Powerful Book I Ever Read

February 4th, 2010
I'm rereading House to House, a nonfiction account of the Battle of Fallujah, by David Bellavia, for a guest column I am writing, and it is every bit as amazing and as powerful as the first time I read it. It truly is the best book about men at war that I have ever come across.

Interrogating the CIA

February 4th, 2010

He's been the NSA chief, the CIA chief, the DNI (Director of National Intelligence) and a 4-star general in the Air Force. I'd say we owe him a minute or two to hear his opinion on a very important issue.

 Washington Post Op-ed

BookFetish

January 21st, 2010

Just got a great spotlight review over at the fantastic website- BookFetish.org! I'm really honored. 

Review

Preliminary Cover Art for On Target

January 11th, 2010

Well here's the new cover! There may be some changes here and there, its likely the copy will change when I get some reviews of the 2nd book (since the manuscript exists chiefly on my laptop at the moment, it's hard to expect reviews and blurbs so soon!)