International Thriller Writers
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International Thriller Writers (ITW), was founded October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Six months later, some 150 authors with more than one billion books sold worldwide had joined the organization as founding members.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". As of October 5, 2014, the organization's website said it had more than 3,100 members in 28 countries.[1]
History
On October 9, 2004, at Bouchercon XXXV, the "World Mystery and Suspense Conference", in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, International Thriller Writers was founded. The organization was founded by Gayle Lynds and David Morrell and they became the organization's first co-presidents.[2]
Notable members / alumni
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- David Baldacci
- Steve Berry
- Dale Brown
- Sandra Brown
- S.A. Cosby
- Lisa Gardner
- Brian Garfield
- David Liss
- Lee Child
- Lincoln Child
- Clive Cussler
- David Dun
- Joseph Finder
- Tess Gerritsen
- Raelynn Hillhouse
- Gregg Hurwitz
- Faye Kellerman
- Jonathan Kellerman
- John Lescroart
- Katherine Neville
- Ridley Pearson
- Kira Peikoff
- Douglas Preston
- M. J. Rose
- R. L. Stine
- M. Diane Vogt
- Stuart Woods
Events and awards
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Other events and programs include:[3]
- Debut Authors Program
- Online Thriller School
- The Big Thrill online magazine
- Write2Thrill.org knowledge portal (upcoming)
- ITW Town Halls - video seminars
- Operation Thriller - USO tour
Publications
Thriller series
James Patterson edited the first anthology of all-original thriller short stories, titled Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night, released in June 2006 by Mira.[4]
Clive Cussler edited the second, titled Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down, released May 26, 2009 by Mira.[5]
Sandra Brown edited the third, titled Thriller 3: Love Is Murder, released May 29, 2012 by Mira.[6]
Watchlist series
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See also
- Conspiracy thriller
- Crime fiction
- Detective fiction
- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Spy fiction
- Techno-thriller
- Thriller film
- Whodunit
- List of authors
- List of crime writers
- List of detective fiction authors
- List of mystery writers
- List of thriller authors
References
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External links
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