By Chris Goff The Rogues have been featuring guest authors on Rogue Reads since June of 2020 when we kicked off our first installment hosting John Gilstrap, Robin Burcell, Don Bentley and Joseph Badal. Since then we've hosted 45 shows with four authors each time, including: Walter Mosely, Lee...
GEORGE MEHOK GOES ROGUE
K.J. HOWE: Daughters have a special bond with their fathers, and George Mehok explores it in depth in his debut thriller Going Dark. Daughters in Fiction: Building Legacy and the Father-Daughter Bond By George Mehok An exploration of two dynamic daughters—Emma Knox, a brilliant MIT computer...
LISA MALICE GOES ROGUE: COURTING SUPERREADERS INTO MY AUTHOR NETWORK
By Lisa Malice My First Bouchercon Conference as a Debut Author! Wow! That pretty much sums up my Bouchercon experience this year in Nashville. The five-day conference that brings together readers and writers passionate about mystery, thrills, and suspense was more exhilarating than I could have...
KIRA PEIKOFF GOES ROGUE: Bioethics and Thriller Writing
Kimberley Howe: Delve into Kira Peikoff's world of bioethics, where the thrills will leave you with with serious chills. A Q&A with Baby X: A Thriller Author Kira Peikoff What led you to study bioethics at Columbia University? I had never actually heard of bioethics as a field...
ANDREW KAPLAN GOES ROGUE
Once Upon a Villa By Andrew Kaplan I actually wrote the first draft of my about-to-be-released new book, Once Upon a Villa, after I hadn't written anything in a very long time. Years. I wasn't sure if I still knew how to write. So rather than try to write one of my spy thrillers, where I would...
OTHO ESKIN GOES ROGUE
Kimberley Howe: When I hear "art theft," I always flash on the movie, The Thomas Crowne Affair. If you delve into Otho Eskin’s new novel, you’ll learn about a dazzling heist that still remains unsolved today—an event he uses as a springboard for a compelling story that brings big Pharma together...
JULE SELBO GOES ROGUE: Unleashed from Hollywood!
Gayle Lynds: How does a multi award-winning Hollywood screenwriter become a multi-award winning novelist? Read on for the inside story of how Jule Selbo moved to Portland, Maine, and reinvigorated her creative heart. By Jule Selbo 8 DAYS, the third book in my Dee Rommel Mystery Series, has been...
S. J. ROZAN GOES ROGUE: WHY I HEART NEW YORK
By S. J. Rozan The Mayors of New York - Writing Down the Boroughs I love New York. This won't come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, or reads me. It's not that I think it's the best place in the world. I've seen a lot, though not nearly as much as I want, of the world, and my lord, it's full...
JESSICA THOMPSON GOES ROGUE: MAKE YOUR SETTING DO THE WORK
By Jessica Thompson When reading a book, watching a movie, listening to a story, or even playing a game, most people focus on the characters or plot, but the third big ingredient is your setting. What is the setting? Google says it is the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned...
LEE GOLDBERG GOES ROGUE
Writing Outside the Box Chris Goff: I first met Lee Goldberg at a Bouchercon some 20 years ago, and what sticks with me is his sense of humor and bigger-than-life personality. The man was holding court in the hotel foyer, recounting a conversation he’d had with his beautiful wife, Valerie (who is...