Order of Ian Caldwell Books
Ian Caldwell is an American author of literary fiction novels. He graduated alongside collaborator and childhood friend Dustin Thomason from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. He graduated from Princeton University in 1998. He lives with his wife and son in Vienna, Virginia. (more…)
Order of Hillary Greene Books
Hillary Greene is the protagonist in a series of crime thriller novels by English author Faith Martin. DI Hillary Greene is based out of Oxfordshire, with a focus on the north part of the county rather than the city itself. (more…)
Order of Faith Martin Books
Faith Martin is a pen name of English novelist Jacquie Walton, who writes crime thriller novels under this pseudonym. She writes the Hillary Greene series. Other pen names she has used include Maxine Barry, Joyce Cato and Jessie Daniels. Faith was born in Oxford, and she sets most of her crime thrillers in that vicinity. She loves nature as well as the countryside, and tends to include descriptions of wildlife and local flowers in her writing. (more…)
Order of Shusaku Endo Books
Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) was a Japanese author of literary fiction novels. He was a rare Japanese Catholic, having converted when he was 11. Shusaku earned his BA from Keio University in French literature. A common theme of his work is the failure of the Japanese to embrace Christianity. Among the awards he received were the Akutagawa Prize, Mainichi Cultural Prize, Shincho Prize, and Tanizaki Prize. (more…)
Order of Sylvia Engdahl Books
Sylvia Engdahl is an American author of science fiction novels, for young adults and adults. Her novel Enchantress from the Stars was named an 1971 Newbery Honor book. Not only does she write about space, but she also advocates for space colonization, maintaining a space section on her own website and a Space Quotes website as well. Sylvia lives in Eugene, Oregon. (more…)
Order of Elizabeth McKenzie Books
Elizabeth McKenzie is an author of literary fiction and women’s fiction novels, and is also an editor. She has had her book Stop That Girl shortlisted for The Story Prize, and her novel MacGregor Tells the World named as a Best Book of the Year by Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle and Library Journal. (more…)
Order of Brian Panowich Books
Brian Panowich is an American author of crime fiction novels. Besides being a novelist, Brian is also a firefighter in Georgia. He has won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel and Pat Conroy Award for Best Mystery and nominated for several others. Brian is the father of four. (more…)
Order of Special X Books
Special X is a series of psychological thriller novels by Canadian novelist Michael Slade. Special X is a unit of “psycho hunters” for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (more…)
Order of Michael Slade Books
Michael Slade is the pen name of Canadian author Jay Clarke, who writes psychological thriller novels. He writes the Special X series. Working as a trial lawyer in Vancouver, Jay has been involved in over a hundred murder cases. He uses this experience to write his thriller novels. Over the years, he has written alongside others such as John Banks, Richard Covell, Lee Clarke (wife), and most notably, Rebecca Clarke (daughter). (more…)
Order of William Gay Books
William Gay (1941-2012) was an American author of Southern literature. From Hohenwald, Tennessee, Gay joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Vietnam War. Upon returning back to the States, he lived in New York and Chicago before going back to Tennessee (where he would remain). He wrote from the age of 15 onwards, but didn’t get anything published until 1998. (more…)