Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads: 100 Must-Reads

David Morrell · Hank Wagner

jul 2010 · Oceanview Publishing

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The most riveting reads in history meet today's biggest thriller writers in Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads.Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads examines 100 seminal works of suspense through essays contributed by such esteemed modern thriller writers as: David Baldacci, Steve Berry, Sandra Brown, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen, Heather Graham, John Lescroart, Gayle Lynds, Katherine Neville, Michael Palmer, James Rollins, R. L. Stine, and many more.Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads features 100 works - from Beowulf to The Bourne Identity, Dracula to Deliverance, Heart of Darkness to The Hunt for Red October - deemed must-reads by the International Thriller Writers organization.Much more than an anthology, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads goes deep inside the most notable thrillers published over the centuries. Through lively, spirited, and thoughtful essays that examine each work's significance, impact, and influence, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads provides both historical and personal perspective on those spellbinding works that have kept readers on the edge of their seats for centuries.

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 David Morrell is the award-winning author  of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. Called “the mild-mannered professor with the bloody- minded visions” by one reviewer, Morrell is the co- founder of the International Thriller Writers organization,  and is considered by many to be the father of the modern action novel.

 

Hank Wagner is a prolific and respected critic and interviewer. His work regularly appears in such pub- lications as Mystery Scene,  Cemetery Dance, Nova Express, and The New York Review of Science Fiction.