News & Events

VANISHED a NY Times Best Seller
VANISHED has just hit the New York Times paperback best sellers list (week of September 5).

Pencils.com Post
Joseph writes about "The Best Pencil in the World" on pencils.com.

Interview with NovelsAlive.tv
Joseph spoke with NovelsAlive.TV's Dayna Linton about HIGH CRIMES going from being optioned for film to viewing the finished product. Watch the video.

Talking Thrillers
Listen to a lively debate on "Today" (BBC Radio) between Joseph and British writer James Twining about whose crime fiction is better, theirs or ours.

Vote for VANISHED
Vote for the 100 Best Ever Killer Thrillers.  NPR has posted the list of nominees and will announce the winners on August 2.  Cast your vote (everyone gets ten) for VANISHED and your other favorite books!

New Video: Thrillerfest 2010
Joseph participates on the panel "How Do You Make Your Career a Thriller" with Panel Master Jeff Ayers and authors Laura Caldwell, Stephen Coonts, Chris Kuzneski and John Gilstrap. Watch the video.

New Interview: The Alyona Show
Joseph discusses the Russian Spy Swap on "The Alyona Show" (RT America). Watch the video.

Reader Survey Giveaway
The 2010 Reader Survey is officially closed. Thanks again to all who took the survey. And now, announcing the winner of the iPod Nano … Lynn Curtis of Santa Ana, CA. Congratulations Lynn! 

Q&A with The Disrespectful Interviewer
Joseph talks with Lauren Baratz-Logsted, who, according to her website, "is as rude as she likes with prominent writers of the day." Read Dissing Joseph Finder.

New Interview on Readers' Entertainment Radio
Joseph talks thrillers with Sheila English of Romantic Times and author Andrew Peterson. Listen to the interview.

June is Audiobook Month
June is officially Audiobook Month, as declared by the Audio Publishers Association. What are some of your favorite audiobooks? Leave recommendations on my Facebook fan page, and I'll give an audiobook of PARANOIA to one commenter drawn at random at the end of June.

New Interview: The Funky Writer Radio Show
Joseph joined a roundtable discussion with other authors from the upcoming RT Booklovers Convention on "The Funky Writer Radio Show" (Blog Talk Radio).

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition
Joseph’s first short story is about to be published in AGENTS OF TREACHERY, a great new collection of espionage tales by many of the great spy and suspense writers, including Lee Child, Stephen Hunter, Charles McCarry (!), and David Morrell. A few copies remain of the limited edition, bound in marbled boards with a leather spine, signed by all contributors. Price is $150. Visit The Mysterious Bookshop.

Nick Heller's Next Adventure
Read this announcement about BURIED SECRETS, the second novel in the Nick Heller series.

2010 Thriller Award Nomination
International Thriller Writers announced VANISHED as a finalist in the Best Hard Cover Novel category. See the full list of nominees.