THE USO TO CARRY OUT "OPERATION THRILLER" on U.S. Troops Stationed in Persian Gulf. Five of Today’s Most Celebrated Thriller Writers to Embark on Week-Long USO Tour to Combat Zone in Fall 2010. Click here to read more.
IT'S TIME FOR THE GREATEST FANS IN THE WORLD TO HAVE A NAME. Many writers have names for their fans. For example, Lee Child's folks are "Reacher's Creatures". What would be a great name for the Steve Berry fans? Malone's ______ ? Cotton's ______ ? Berry's ______ ? Or perhaps something else altogether? You decide. So let's have a contest between now and July 25th. Submit your suggestion here and the winning entry (chosen by Steve) will receive an autographed Advanced Readers Copy of The Emperor's Tomb. Be sure to tell all your friends to submit their ideas also. The more the better. In case of duplicate entries, date and time on email will be used to determine the first entry.
FANS - NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION. The Templar Legacy was nominated in a NPR poll as one of the "100 most pulse-quickening, suspenseful novels ever written". Please click here to cast your vote - everyone gets 10 votes. And feel free to lobby for your Steve in the comments area on their website also. They will announce the winners on August 2.
STEVE PARTICIPATED IN THRILLERFEST recently in New York City. NPR had this to say about it "At ThrillerFest, the relatively new authors in the audience have the opportunity to talk with some of the genre's best-selling authors like David Morrell, Steve Berry and Ken Follett." To read the rest of the article, click here.
THE HUFFINGTON POST has a great article about ThrillerFest also. Cick here to read the article.
RUSSIAN SPIES: HOLLYWOOD'S VERSION VS. REAL-LIFE ESPIONAGE The Christian Science Monitor interviewed Steve for an article about spies. Click here for the full article.
LIBRARYJOURNAL.COM HAS A GREAT ARTICLE about the panel Steve participated in last month at BookExpo America. BEA is a publishing event that authors, publishers, librarians, and many others attend to celebrate their passion for books, and to see and learn what’s new and what’s next in publishing—from print to digital. This panel, “Thrillers: International Thriller Writers Discuss the Future of the Genre”, featured Steve and four other authors. Click here to see what they had to say.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ran an article on Steve and the upcoming release of The Balkan Escape. This short story will be an e-book original, released on September 21st, and features Cassiopeia Vitt in her first solo adventure. The story acts as an appetizer, filling in some interesting background for Cotton Malone's next adventure, The Emperor's Tomb, coming in print on November 23rd. Check out the article here.
HOUSATONICTIMES.COM interviewed Steve at the New Milford Public Library about his views on writing. Click here to read the article, and to watch the video of the interview.
CLICK HERE TO READ A GREAT ARTICLE published by OmanTribune.com about Steve's books, technology and inspiration.
THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT has made the short list for an award being presented for the first time this year at Crimefest in Bristol, England. It's the eDunnit, sponsored by Sony, and given in recognition of the best thriller/crime e-book of the year. The Charlemagne Pursuit made the five finalists list along with Josh Bazell (Beat The Reaper); Juan Gomez-Jurado (Contract With God); Bernard Knight (Crowner Royal); and Carol McCleary (The Alchemy of Murder). The award will be presented at the Crimefest gala dinner on May 22nd at the Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol.
DID YOU MISS SEEING JAMES ROLLINS AND ME ON TOUR for The Paris Vendetta and Altar of Eden? Well, as of right now, you can view the tour by watching the video. The video tour is broken up into topics so you do not have to watch a long video stream. You can watch the segments by clicking on the links below.
Steve Berry & James Rollins discuss Truth or Fiction
Steve Berry & James Rollins discusss The Paris Vendetta
Steve Berry & James Rollins discuss Altar of Eden
Steve Berry & James Rollins discusses History Matters
Steve Berry & James Rollins discuss Research Methods
Steve Berry & James Rollins Answer Questions Part 1
Steve Berry & James Rollins Answer Questions Part 2
Steve Berry & James Rollins Answer Questions Part 3
Steve Berry & James Rollins Answer Questions Part 4
FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL FANS: The newest issue of Hound Dawg Magazine (the issue that Steve is in!) is avaliable to download now from the website.
REDROOM.COM EXPLORES the reason Steve and other writers write. Click here to read the article.
CHECK OUT THE IN-DEPTH review of The Paris Vendetta by mysteriousreviews.com. Click here.
FROM THEBOOKSTUDIO.COM - "I'm 28, and have never been much of a reader. While working as a music promoter for a short period of time I realized that I had lots of down time during the day and while traveling from city to city. One day while shopping, in a store I will not mention because they are (a) horrible employers/corporation, I saw this book that caught my eye......THE AMBER ROOM. I'd never heard of it but something about the cover screamed, "MUST READ". I finished the book in 4 days. Never had I finished a book, lack of intrest in the topic or my A.D.D., lol. Three years later and I'm still riding along with Cotton Malone.
Thank You Steve Berry!!!!"
FINE BOOKS MAGAZINE WROTE A GREAT ARTICLE spotlighting Steve, "The Book Collector", along with the upcoming History Matters event at The Library of Virginia. Check it out here.
STEVE'S 20O9 TOUR WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THE PARIS VENDETTA hit stores December 1, but with Christmas, his tour is always delayed until January. Steve started in Greenville, North Carolina at Barnes & Noble, continued to Borders at Baileys Crossroads in Virginia, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia. He then moved on to Atlanta for 3 days with stops at the Eagle Eye Bookstore and the Norcross Cultural Arts Center. Standing room only at each event, even with the cold weather. The tour then continued on to Phoenix with a stop at The Poisoned Pen bookstore, in Houston, Texas for an appearance at The Houston Museum of Natural Science, and on to Dallas, Texas, at Barnes & Noble. Steve and James Rollins were in Stuart, Florida, for an appearance at Bookmania!, then took a few days off to relax. The tour continued on to Charleston, South Carolina, with a stop at Barnes & Noble on Sam Rittenberg, then to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, for an appearance at "The Moveable Feast", followed by a book signing at Litchfield Books. The tour continued with Steve and James Rollins making an appearance in Roseville, California, at Barnes & Noble on Wednesday. Steve did a History Matters writing seminar and reception in Pleasanton, California, to benefit The Museum on Main. A big thank you to all who came out to support these two events and the Museum. The last stop was in San Francisco for the San Francisco Writers Conference. Steve and Elizabeth enjoyed talking to everyone that came out to the events. Watch the upcoming events to see if he will be near you and come by to say hi.
You can watch my first ever TV appearance with James Rollins here. This is from the February 10, 2010, morning KCRA News sometime between 8:35 - 8:50 am on KQCA My 58 morning show.
THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT SPENT 5 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST. It debuted at #13 and climbed to as high as #6. An excellent showing on a Christmas-time bestseller list loaded with mega-sellers.
TIME TO BE BERRY THRILLED ON YOUR I-PHONE OR I-POD TOUCH WITH A NEW APP. If you have an iPod Touch or iPhone, go to apps, search for Steve Berry and download Steve's cool new app. This is cutting edge. A way for you to keep in constant touch with Steve Berry's world of thrillers. New features will be added and we’ll be tweaking it regularly over the coming months to get better and better. Be sure to download it and share it with your friends!
CHECK OUT THE PODCAST ON THE PARIS VENDETTA at WritersCast. David Wilk conducted an in depth interview with Steve which talks all about the latest Cotton Malone adventure. Click to hear.
THE PARIS VENDETTA DEBUTED AT #9 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST. An excellent showing when the likes of Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Dan Brown, Sue Grafton, James Patterson, Dean Koontz, and Stephen King are ahead of it. Check out the entire list here. Check out the entire list here.
Click here to read a great review of THE PARIS VENDETTA that appears in The Huffington Post.
A SIDE NOTE ON THE COVER FOR THE PARIS VENDETTA. Originally, the Eiffel Tower dominated the cover, but it's been altered to give more credit to the gentleman whose treasure forms the basis of the story ---- Napoleon. He's buried at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris and much of the book takes place at or around that location, so it seemed a perfect fit to place des Invalides on the cover. Look a little familiar? It does resemble the U.S. Capitol, St. Peter's in Rome, and St. Paul's in London. A truly distinctive form. Here are the thoughts of one early reader ---- #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child --- who said, "All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history - plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy."
CLICK HERE TO SEE A LARGER COVER IMAGE
History Matters, the foundation Steve and Elizabeth started, held its first fundraising event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on October 23. The 3 hour writers' workshop session was a resounding success. There was a lunch as well, where Steve spoke to the crowd and signed books, which were included as part of the ticket. All of the money raised from the workshop and luncheon went to fund the Chapin Memorial Library's oral history project. Cathy Wiggins, the library director, was ecstatic. "History Matters contacted the library about holding an event. Steve's generosity is just overwhelming. You do not get many 10 million-copy, best-selling authors who are willing to do a three-hour writers workshop and a luncheon for free to benefit the community. Click here to read the article from the Myrtle Beach newspaper, The Sun News.
Over the coming months, History Matters is planning events in California, Virginia, and another in South Carolina. If you're interested in having one in your community, contact Steve and Elizabeth at historymatters@steveberry.org.
Read the terrific review from Library Journal for The Paris Vendetta:
"In Berry's latest page-turner after The Charlemagne Pursuit, Cotton Malone discovers a Secret Service agent breaking into his Copenhagen bookstore. The agent, Sam Collins, was sent by Cotton's friend Henrik Thorvaldsen to seek his help in getting revenge against the person Henrik has discovered to be responsible for his son's death. The guilty party has ties to a secret organization that plans to take down the global economy with help from a secret Napoleon carried to his grave. A race to solve historical riddles while staying alive ensues. VERDICT - Berry has written another amazing blend of suspense and history. Fans will love it, and for newcomers it's the perfect place to start. With the September release of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, savvy readers looking for more along those lines cannot go wrong with Cotton Malone. This will be Berry's biggest seller yet."
The Charlemagne Pursuit has been nominated for the 2009 Southeastern Independent Booksellers Association Award. Steve joins the likes of Tim Dorsey, Clyde Edgerton, and Mary Kay Andrews who are also nominated. Each year, hundreds of booksellers from across the South vote on their favorite books. These are the ones they've most enjoyed, hand sold to customers, and highly recommended. Books are nominated in six categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cooking young adult and children's. This year The Charlemagne Pursuit made the cut as one of their favorites in fiction. Winners will be recognized at SIBA's annual trade show in September. Click here to view all the nominees.
Writer's Digest recently spent some time with Steve and wrote an in-depth article, outlining his long 12 year road to publishing, the hard work and rejection, detailing the do's and don'ts that he learned along the way. Click here to read the article.
Read the starred review of The Charlemagne Pursuit from Publishers Weekly.
“In bestseller Berry's The Venetian Betrayal, Malone embarks on a search for answers about his father, Capt. Forrest Malone, after learning that instead of dying in 1971 in a nuclear sub accident in the North Atlantic, his father actually died while on a secret submarine mission to the Antarctic. Meanwhile, bad guy Adm. Langford Ramsey schemes to become the next ranking officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The two story lines merge as a group led by Malone races to Antarctica, where they find a strange underground city belonging to the Aryans, an advanced race who inhabited the earth at the dawn of our own civilization. A meticulous researcher, Berry carefully integrates such elements as Charlemagne, Nazis, ancient manuscripts, historical puzzles and scientific surprises into the plot. Those who relish suspense in The Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the series."
View the video of Steve, Brad Thor, and James Rollins discussing how they quietly began to include each other's characters into their own books, how fans caught on, and the reaction.
Read a profile of Steve that appeared in The Florida Times Union, Jacksonville's daily newspaper.
Watch Bethanne Patrick, of NPR's Author to Author, interview Steve for The Charlemagne Pursuit.
See what The Dallas Morning News has to say about Steve, his closing of his law practice, and The Charlemagne Pursuit.
Steve is currently co-president of International Thriller Writers, an organization of 1000 active thriller writers and enthusiasts from around the globe. Recently, he was interviewed for ITW's monthly newsletter, The Big Thrill. Click here to read the article.
Steve appeared on the Today Show, in 2004, as part of Where in the World is Matt Lauer. With a trip to Russia and a visit to the Amber Room on Matt's itinerary, one of the show's producers, who'd read The Amber Room, called Steve to see if he'd like to be part of the segment. Click here to watch the video. (Scroll down to Day 4, then click on "The Mystery of the Missing Amber Room.")
Read a profile of Steve that appeared in Italy's Thriller Magazine (in Italian).
Read an interesting USA Today article on Steve, The Templar Legacy, and The DaVinci Code's impact on the thriller genre.
Watch Bethanne Patrick, of NPR's Author to Author, interview Steve for The Venetian Betrayal.'There are no shortcuts.' That's the message Steve made clear in an interview with Dubai's Khaleej Times, when The Alexandria Link was released in 2007. Click here to read the article
Listen to a discussion of The Templar Legacy from Author-In-Your-Pocket.
Check out this interesting mention of The Amber Room from a Malaysian blogsite
