Five of Today’s Most Celebrated Thriller Writers to Embark on Week-Long USO Tour
to Combat Zone in Fall 2010
WHAT: USO Tour Featuring Bestselling Authors from International Thriller Writers (ITW), the nation’s first and only professional organization devoted solely to thriller authors:
· Steve Berry (The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit and The Venetian Betrayal, among others)
· David Morrell (First Blood, in which Rambo was created, and The Brotherhood of the Rose)
· Doug Preston (The Monster of Florence and Relic, which later became a number one box office hit)
· James Rollins (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the Sigma Force series including The Devil Colony)
· Andy Harp (A Northern Thunder)
WHEN: Fall 2010
WHERE: Washington, D.C. and Persian Gulf
WHY: In Fall 2010, some of the nation’s New York Times best-selling thriller authors will deploy to the Persian Gulf on a week-long USO tour to visit and uplift troops. The tour, fittingly entitled Operation Thriller, will kick off with a special visit to Washington, D.C., where the group will visit with troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center. The group will then fly to the Persian Gulf to talk fiction, inspire, spread cheer and, most importantly, show their heartfelt gratitude.
Participating in what will be their first USO tour, the authors will visit multiple posts, sign autographs, pose for photos and distribute advance copies of their upcoming novels.
From July 7-10, 2010, the authors attended ThrillerFest V, a four-day celebration of thriller books organized by the International Thriller Writers, where they announced their upcoming USO tour.

Five of Today’s Most Celebrated Thriller Writers to Embark on Week-Long USO Tour
to Combat Zone in Fall 2010
WHAT: USO Tour Featuring Bestselling Authors from International Thriller Writers (ITW), the nation’s first and only professional organization devoted solely to thriller authors:
· Steve Berry (The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit and The Venetian Betrayal, among others)
· David Morrell (First Blood, in which Rambo was created, and The Brotherhood of the Rose)
· Doug Preston (The Monster of Florence and Relic, which later became a number one box office hit)
· James Rollins (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the Sigma Force series including The Devil Colony)
· Andy Harp (A Northern Thunder)
WHEN: Fall 2010
WHERE: Washington, D.C. and Persian Gulf
WHY: In Fall 2010, some of the nation’s New York Times best-selling thriller authors will deploy to the Persian Gulf on a week-long USO tour to visit and uplift troops. The tour, fittingly entitled Operation Thriller, will kick off with a special visit to Washington, D.C., where the group will visit with troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center. The group will then fly to the Persian Gulf to talk fiction, inspire, spread cheer and, most importantly, show their heartfelt gratitude.
Participating in what will be their first USO tour, the authors will visit multiple posts, sign autographs, pose for photos and distribute advance copies of their upcoming novels.
From July 7-10, 2010, the authors attended ThrillerFest V, a four-day celebration of thriller books organized by the International Thriller Writers, where they announced their upcoming USO tour.

 

Bookventures Book Club is an open online book club. Any one can join. We welcome all genres of books however we do have a page limit of 500 pages. To spice things up, we also welcome movie adaptations of books. Feel free to join in on the discussions. You can find us at www.bookventuresbookclub.ning.com Visitors, if you would like a space to have your own discussions, feel free to join our network and create a group. Please be sure to keep your content related to reading or book discussions.

Back to the email received.  I had to read it twice.  I was asked to be a co-moderator of this established blog, especially during Author Chats.  Once again, I was totally amazed and also honored.  I have accepted the invitation.  I will be posting on this blog what is also going on Bookventures and hoping you will join in.  So if you can’t find me here, check all the sites (left sidebar) where you can find me.  And Lesley-Ann, thank you for the vote of confidence,  I promise not to let you down.

 

Bookventures Book Club is an open online book club. Any one can join. We welcome all genres of books however we do have a page limit of 500 pages. To spice things up, we also welcome movie adaptations of books. Feel free to join in on the discussions. You can find us at www.bookventuresbookclub.ning.com Visitors, if you would like a space to have your own discussions, feel free to join our network and create a group. Please be sure to keep your content related to reading or book discussions.

Back to the email received.  I had to read it twice.  I was asked to be a co-moderator of this established blog, especially during Author Chats.  Once again, I was totally amazed and also honored.  I have accepted the invitation.  I will be posting on this blog what is also going on Bookventures and hoping you will join in.  So if you can’t find me here, check all the sites (left sidebar) where you can find me.  And Lesley-Ann, thank you for the vote of confidence,  I promise not to let you down.

I read A Note from an Old Acquaintance by Bill Walker back in February and loved it.  The book was his debut novel and what a first book it was!!!  In case you read it or are planning to read it in the near future, knowing that he is going on tour again, Bookventures is hosting a chat with Mr. Walker over the next couple of days.  Wanted to share the link for you in case you have any questions or comments that you might like to add.  Head on over to  http://grou.ps/bookventuresbookclub/119737#.  He is also asking his readers to help him name the title of the sequel and he will be naming  them in the acknowledgment section of the book.  How cool would that be…to see your name in print!!??!!