The Storytellers: Straight Talk from the World’s Most Acclaimed Suspense & Thriller Authors

From an Award-winning Author A Providence Journal Pick of Must-Read Thrillers “The Storytellers is a gift to aspiring writers of mysteries and thrillers, readers and fans, and academics alike. An instant classic.”–New York Journal of Books The Storytellers takes you inside the hearts and minds of famous suspense and thriller authors, their personal stories, and their sources of creativity. Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, ”How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post. Collected here are interviews with forty-seven accomplished authors, including Michael Connelly, Ken Follett, Meg Gardiner, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, and Don Winslow. These are their personal stories in their own words, much of the material never before published. How do these writers’ life experiences color their art? Find out their thoughts, their inspirations, their candid opinions. Learn more about your favorite authors, how they work and who they truly are.