Author News & Interviews

Interview: Raelynn Hillhouse, author of Rift Zone

Sep 10, 2004

September 10, 2004

Bookreporter.com's Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight team (Carol Fitzgerald, Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek) interviewed Raelynn Hillhouse, author of RIFT ZONE. Hillhouse talks about her life in Germany during the 1980s and how her experiences there parallel those of her protagonist, Faith Whitney. She also discusses her views on the fall of the Berlin Wall, reveals some disturbing information concerning airport security in the post-9/11 era, and describes the huge buzz surrounding her debut novel.

Interview: Don Piper, author of 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

Sep 1, 2004

Q: Tell us a little about yourself.

DP: I'm an army brat by birth. I have a degree in Broadcasting and spent 14 years on Radio and TV. I've been in the full-time ministry for 21 years. I am terminally in love with the game of baseball!

Q: What was your motivation behind this project?

Author Talk: Charlene Ann Baumbich, author of Dearest Dorothy, Help! I've Lost Myself : Welcome to Partonville, Book 3

Aug 31, 2004

August 2004

Q: You've recently done quite a bit of touring. In your travels, have you found your books strike a chord not limited to geographic region? Where have you been most surprised to find a fan base?

Interview: Steve Berry, author of The Romanov Prophecy

Aug 31, 2004

August 31, 2004

Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek of Bookreporter.com interviewed Steve Berry, author of THE ROMANOV PROPHECY. Berry explains the difficulty of accurately depicting the historical aspects of the book, as many versions of the Romanovs' story are contradictory and inconsistent.

Interview: David Wolstencroft, author of Good News, Bad News

Aug 27, 2004

August 27, 2004

Joe Hartlaub and Wiley Saichek of Bookreporter.com interviewed David Wolstencroft, author of GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS. Wolstencroft talks about the difficulty of researching a spy novel in today's security-conscious world and the challenge of getting the reader to recognize his work as fiction and not as a possible threat to worry about. He also discusses the advantages and drawbacks of being a television writer/novelist and reveals that his second novel, CONTACT ZERO, will be released next year.