HEIDI RUBY MILLER

ARTICLES "'I wish I could take you into my office,' Holmes says, 'but it’s currently a cluttered disaster zone. I’m in the middle of preparing reader boxes that need to get mailed.' She elaborates on the reader boxes she’s assembling: 'I’ve put together a few of my favorite things, like a special reading mug, chocolates, tote bag, etc., along with a signed copy of THE FORGOTTEN ONES, for those in my awesome reader group. Thanks to the crazy mess in my office I’ve been writing up in my bedroom.'” Read the entire interview in The Big Thrill Magazine . Steena Holmes is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of titles including Saving Abby, Stillwater Rising, and The Memory Child. Named to the “20 Best Books by Women in 2015” list by Good Housekeeping and Redbook, Steena won the National Indie Excellence Award in 2012 for Finding Emma as well as the USA Book News Award for The Word Game in 2015. Steena lives in Calgary, Alberta, and is ...

ARTICLES "It’s early morning in Florida, that time before the heat really sets in, and Max Karpov, author of the political thriller THE CHILDREN’S GAME, is writing under the canopy of trees in his yard and listening to the canal flowing behind his house. A runner, traveler, and journalist, Karpov always finds inspiration from the outdoors, which is why he initially plans his books at the beach." Read the entire interview in The Big Thrill Magazine . Journalist and novelist Max Karpov spent several years researching and writing THE CHILDREN’S GAME. A Washington, D.C. native, Karpov has written for The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun and elsewhere. (Max Karpov is a pseudonym). To learn more, please visit his website at https://maxkarpov.com/ .

EVENTS I am happy to be reading from my thriller novel ATOMIC ZION for the 2018 Monessen Public Library Author Series this Saturday, April 7, from 1-3 PM . This event is free and open to the public! Refreshments will be served. Thank you to Carrie Gessner for directing this promising series. Other wonderful authors featured this year are Jamie Lackey , Jason Jack Miller , Amy Lee Heinlen , Joshua David Bellin , Cat Bruno , Stephanie Keyes , K.W. Taylor , Mary Soon Lee , A.M. Rycroft , Tara Manderino , and Liz Milliron/M.E. Sutton .

ARTICLES "DiAnn Mills, author of the new thriller HIGH TREASON, lives up to her tag line: Expect an adventure. One look at her Instagram feed (@diannmillsauthor) gives you the big picture of not just a writer, but also a community leader, a traveler, a fashionista, and a coffee connoisseur." Read the entire interview in The Big Thrill Magazine . And check out more about Diann Mills , High Treason , and the rest of her books at diannmills.com .

ARTICLES Jeremy Burns travels…constantly, but right now he’s settling into his new office and celebrating the release of THE DUBAI BETRAYAL, a geopolitical spy thriller featuring Wayne Wilkins, a fan favorite from Burns’s acclaimed first novel, From the Ashes . As if providing the soundtrack to this fierce new book—in which Wilkins leads an elite group of black ops soldiers into Dubai to rescue the U.S. Ambassador to Israel—the adrenaline-pumping Celldweller comes up on Burns’s playlist while he sifts through photos and other mementos of his travels... Read the entire interview in The Big Thrill Magazine . And, check out more about Jeremy Burns and his books.

ARTICLES L.J. Sellers may have had a rough and busy year in 2015, not the least of which included a broken leg, but she took time to chat with me about stand-up comedy, writing screenplays, and exploring the world of a sociopath in her new thriller POINT OF CONTROL. Read the entire interview in The Big Thrill Magazine. And, check out more about L.J. Sellers and her books .

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EVENTS SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2015 9:05 – 10:00 - Heidi Ruby Miller – Science Fiction in Thrillers - Robinson DESCRIPTION: Where would you shelve a book about scientists cloning dinosaurs for a theme park or a man turning into a chimera or how about the unleashing of a zombie plague? I asked authors and editors for insights into how the industry categorizes thrillers with expansive science fictional elements. If you write these types of stories, where do you think you fit in? ~~~ The Pennwriters Conference is in Pittsburgh this year on the weekend of May 15 - 17 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Keynote speaker is Ridley Pearson .

I'm happy to be presenting part of my Science Fiction in Thrillers class from Seton Hill's MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program for the 2015 Pennwriters Conference, Building Bridges . Here is the description: Where would you shelve a book about scientists cloning dinosaurs for a theme park or a man turning into a chimera or how about the unleashing of a zombie plague? I asked authors and editors for insights into how the industry categorizes thrillers with expansive science fictional elements. If you write these types of stories, where do you think you fit in? The Pennwriters Conference is in Pittsburgh this year on the weekend of May 15 - 17 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Keynote speaker is Ridley Pearson . For a full list of workshops, including other Seton Hill Writers like Jason Jack Miller , Timons Esaias , Lawrence C. Connolly , and Rebecca Drake , peruse the website .

BOOKS In 2011 I read 34 books-- you can see them all here . In 2012 I read 40 books-- you can see them all here. In 2013 I read 20 books-- you can see them all here. In 2014 I managed to surpass my goal, just barely, and read 33 books. They are below. 2014 Reading Challenge Heidi has completed her goal of reading 30 books in 2014! hide 34 of 30 (100%) view books (NOTE: The Goodreads widget shows 34 books because for some irritating reason it counts Corpus Chrome twice. I didn't, as I just thought that was cheating.) INTERESTING STATISTICS ABOUT MY 2014 BOOKS: 23 - print books (5 signed) 16 - books from Big 5 publishers 12 - books by authors I have read previously 10 - female authors 10 - science fiction books 9 - books from 8 different series 7 - books by Seton Hill Writers 7 - holiday books 6 - books by IT...

Goodreads Book Giveaway The Revelations of Preston Black by Jason Jack Miller Giveaway ends February 26, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

CAST YOUR CHARACTERS For the next two weeks I'll be featuring authors from the cutting edge Raw Dog Screaming Press ! Founded in August 2003, RDSP books are entertaining and thought-provoking and span the gamut from surreal and absurd to horror, sci-fi and fantasy. HELLBENDER AUTHOR: JASON JACK MILLER PUBLISHER: RAW DOG SCREAMING PRESS 2012 DESCRIPTION: There are some strange things happening at the edge of reality. Let Raw Dog Screaming Press author Jason Jack Miller take you to a place where love is forever even when death isn’t, where magic doesn’t have to be seen to be believed, where a song might be the only thing that saves your soul. Jason Jack Miller’s MURDER BALLADS AND WHISKEY series is a unique blend of dark fiction, urban fantasy and horror. It’s Appalachian Gothic, Alt.Magical.Realism, Hillbilly Horror. It’s AMERICAN GODS meets JUSTIFIED. TRUE BLOOD with witches. It’s Johnny Cash with a fistful of copperheads singing the devil right back to hell. He...