Category Archives: Author profiles

New Interview of Me by Maggie James

Posted on May 1, 2014 5:40 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  I’m absolutely delighted with this new interview of me, conducted and published by British psychological suspense author Maggie James on her website. A thousand thanks to Maggie for fresh questions that are different from those I usually get. I … Continue reading →

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A Five-Star Thriller Recommendation

Posted on March 23, 2014 10:06 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  Ladies and gentlemen, I owe someone an apology. Well, thinking back on my 64 years, I probably owe lots of people apologies. But today’s apology goes to thriller author Stephen England. Way, way back in December 2011, I interviewed … Continue reading →

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Scene from a Holiday Book Signing

Posted on December 19, 2013 6:59 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  “THE VIGILANTE AUTHOR” appeared at a group book signing for local authors, hosted by the Queen Anne’s Library Centreville Branch, Centreville, MD, on December 11, 2013. (Photo by Hafiz Rashid of the Bay Times/Record Observer; click on the photo … Continue reading →

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Tom Clancy, R.I.P.

Posted on October 2, 2013 4:57 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

It’s been a sad year for thriller fans. First, we lost beloved thriller master Vince Flynn to cancer at age 47. Today comes news of the untimely death of the inventor of the “technothriller” — Tom Clancy, at age 66. … Continue reading →

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Stephen England’s New Thriller DAY OF RECKONING

Posted on August 31, 2013 6:27 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  My talented thriller-author pal Stephen England has just released his big new book, DAY OF RECKONING — the second in his “Shadow Warriors” series, which began with PANDORA’S GRAVE. The new paramilitary suspense thriller is being launched at the … Continue reading →

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An Interview with…Dylan Hunter?

Posted on August 16, 2013 5:02 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  British thriller author Simon Jenner has conducted the most unique interview of me yet…because he also interviews  Dylan Hunter! If you want to find out stuff about Dylan and me that you probably don’t know, have a look at … Continue reading →

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A Public Event for All You Thriller Fans

Posted on July 7, 2013 11:52 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  UPDATE, 7/21/13: I want to insert this news up front on this post: BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Brad Thor, who just hit #1 on the New York Times combined ebook/print book bestseller list for his new thriller HIDDEN ORDER. You … Continue reading →

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Interview with Suspense Author CJ West

Posted on June 25, 2013 12:07 am GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  CJ West is the independent author of a host of suspense novels, including The End of Marking Time and The Winemaker’s Son. His most recent release is The Cat Bagger’s Apprentice. CJ spent twenty years helping companies solve computer … Continue reading →

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Vince Flynn, R.I.P.

Posted on June 19, 2013 6:42 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

  I’m devastated to learn, and saddened to report, that Vince Flynn — one of my all-time favorite thriller authors, and one of my all-time most-admired people — has just died at the tragically young age of 47. If there … Continue reading →

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Hugh Howey: Profile in Courage and Individualism

Posted on March 15, 2013 2:08 pm GMT+0000 by bidinotto

Here is an inspiring story of one man’s courage to stick by his guns against an entrenched establishment and decades of stale traditions; to refuse sell his soul and his long-term rational self-interest, even for over a million bucks; and … Continue reading →

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