SUSPENSE AND THE CITY
MASTERS OF LITERATURE’S THRILLER GENRE ARE ABOUT TO EXECUTE AN EVENT SO PERFECT IT’S ALMOST CRIMINAL
ThrillerFest V, the world’s most diabolically delicious literature festival, chills
New York City July 7-10, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel
The highlight of the event will be the gala ITW Thriller Awards Banquet on Saturday when the heroes of suspense will be honored:
- International best-selling author Ken Follett will receive the 2010 ThrillerMaster Award given by 2009 recipient David Morrell
- Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down will become the first recipient of the True Thriller Award
- Brad Meltzer, recipient of the 2009 Silver Bullet Award, will present the 2010 award to Linda Fairstein
But the list of the notables doesn’t end there – more than 50 best-selling authors and another 200 up-and-comers will be at the festival, ready to mix and mingle with fans, aspiring writers and industry executives. In fact, ThrillerFest is often called the summer camp of literary events. Everyone--the famous, the infamous, the law-abiding, and the unsung -- all freely chat and party together while sharing their love of thrillers.
There will be plenty of thrills during the four-day event. In the spotlight will be interviews with top authors, each interrogated by another thriller master:
- Ken Follett, legendary author of The Eye of the Needle, Pillars of the Earth, and World Without End is the recipient of the ITW 2010 ThrillerMaster Award, will be interviewed by Steve Berry.
- David Morrell, last year’s recipient of the ThrillerMaster Award and author of First Blood, will be interviewed by Douglas Preston.
- Lisa Scottoline, author of the legal thrillers Killer Smile and Lady Killer, will be interviewed by Jon Land.
- Gayle Lynds, the Queen of International Suspense, will be interviewed by Lisa Gardner.
- Harlan Coben, whose novels Hold Tight and Long Lost debuted at number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, will be interviewed by Kathleen Antrim.
And what would a gathering of fans and writers of intense suspense be without a party, or should we say, parties? There’s one every night during ThrillerFest V including a celebration of four great, new publications on Friday night:
- Wednesday – Get acquainted at the CraftFest cocktail party.
- Thursday – Festivities officially begin with an opening reception cocktail party.
- Friday – The brand new ITW publication reception cocktail party will feature a grand book signing with dozens of best-selling authors.
- Saturday – One ticket to the ITW Awards Banquet gets you into three parties: the pre-event cocktail party, the Awards Banquet and the post-event party and happy recap.
Register now by going to http://www.thrillerfest.com/ and clicking on “Registration.” Like all great literary thrill rides, you’ll want to follow this one all the way to the end.
I so wish that I could go to this!! Is anyone out there going to be attending?
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