About the Book
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.
About the Author :
After earning a degree in business administration at NYU, Mark Rubinstein served in the US Army as a field medic tending to paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division.
After his discharge he returned to college, went to medical school, and became a physician, then a psychiatrist. As a forensic psychiatrist, he was an expert witness in many trials. As an attending psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Cornell, he taught psychologists, psychiatric residents, nurses, and social workers while practicing psychiatry.
Rubinstein's high-octane thrillers Mad Dog House (2012) and its sequel, Mad Dog Justice (2014), were both finalists for the Foreword Book of the Year Award. His novella The Foot Soldier won the silver award in the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Awards competition, in the Popular Fiction category. His novella Return to Sandara (2014), won the gold IPPY Award for Suspense/Fiction. The Lovers' Tango won the gold medal in Popular Fiction at the 2016 Benjamin Franklin Awards. His most recent novel is Mad Dog Vengeance (2017), the last book in the Mad Dog trilogy.
Before turning to fiction, he coauthored five self-help books on psychological and medical topics.
His latest nonfiction books are Bedlam's Door (a finalist for the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Nonfiction) and Beyond Bedlam's Door. Both are sets of stories about patients he's treated or evaluated as a psychiatrist and forensic psychiatrist.
His most recent book is a nonfiction work entitled The Storytellers: Straight Talk from the World's Most Acclaimed Suspense and Thriller Authors, a compilation of candid interviews with writers whose novels have been worldwide bestsellers.
He now writes fiction and nonfiction, has been a contributor to the Huffington Post, was a contributor to Psychology Today, contributes columns to Literary Hub's Crime Reads, and is a book reviewer for the New York Journal of Books.
Visit his website at www.MarkRubinstein-Author.com
After earning a degree in business administration at NYU, Mark Rubinstein served in the US Army as a field medic tending to paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division.
After his discharge he returned to college, went to medical school, and became a physician, then a psychiatrist. As a forensic psychiatrist, he was an expert witness in many trials. As an attending psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Cornell, he taught psychologists, psychiatric residents, nurses, and social workers while practicing psychiatry.
Rubinstein's high-octane thrillers Mad Dog House (2012) and its sequel, Mad Dog Justice (2014), were both finalists for the Foreword Book of the Year Award. His novella The Foot Soldier won the silver award in the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Awards competition, in the Popular Fiction category. His novella Return to Sandara (2014), won the gold IPPY Award for Suspense/Fiction. The Lovers' Tango won the gold medal in Popular Fiction at the 2016 Benjamin Franklin Awards. His most recent novel is Mad Dog Vengeance (2017), the last book in the Mad Dog trilogy.
Before turning to fiction, he coauthored five self-help books on psychological and medical topics.
His latest nonfiction books are Bedlam's Door (a finalist for the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Nonfiction) and Beyond Bedlam's Door. Both are sets of stories about patients he's treated or evaluated as a psychiatrist and forensic psychiatrist.
His most recent book is a nonfiction work entitled The Storytellers: Straight Talk from the World's Most Acclaimed Suspense and Thriller Authors, a compilation of candid interviews with writers whose novels have been worldwide bestsellers.
He now writes fiction and nonfiction, has been a contributor to the Huffington Post, was a contributor to Psychology Today, contributes columns to Literary Hub's Crime Reads, and is a book reviewer for the New York Journal of Books.
Visit his website at www.MarkRubinstein-Author.com
Review :
"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 is the most interesting and engaging work of nonfiction I have read in ages, literally filled with golden nuggets of history, background influences and revelations on every page. I envy the reader who goes on this great adventure and inhales the book as I did.""
-- "BookReporter"
"[A] fresh compendium...Particularly revelatory are the authors' anecdotes about their previous jobs--as reporters, psychiatrists, veterinarians, and lawyers--and the range of perspectives makes for a breezy introduction to the writing game. Thriller writers--and fans curious about the process--are in for a treat."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
"A brilliant book...Mark Rubinstein has fashioned a book that offers the final word on all things related to the craft of telling tales that are impossible to put down...Rubinstein has penned one of the best author-centric studies of writers and writing ever created, and one of the few ever attempted for popular fiction. This book is destined to stand the test of time, with great storytelling in its own right that for this thriller writer was impossible to put down."
-- "Jon Land, Providence Journal"
"A remarkable collection of interviews with some of the most important writers working in the world today. I loved this book."
-- "Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Force and The Cartel"
"Engaging and honest interviews populate the book...Rubinstein's who's who of thriller and suspense authors is astonishing and the interviews are sober and sound, as if rubbing elbows with the world's elite storytellers is an everyday occurrence...Part advice, part tell-all, Rubinstein's collection encases a treasury of truths from writers whose stories we've enjoyed for years. Thrilling indeed."
-- "Mountain Times"
"Just look at this lineup: Lee Child, Patricia Cornwell, David Mamet, Meg Gardiner, Scott Turow, Kathy Reichs, James Rollins--and that's only a small fraction of them...A nice companion piece to the slew of more traditional how-to-be-a-writer books on the market."
-- "Booklist"
