Steven James is a critically acclaimed author of twenty novels and numerous nonfiction books that have sold more than 1 million copies. His books have won or been shortlisted for dozens of national and international awards. In addition, his stories and articles have appeared in more than eighty different publications, including the New York Times. He is also a popular keynote speaker and professional storyteller with a master’s degree in storytelling. 

Since 1996, James has appeared more than two thousand times at events spanning the globe, presenting his stories and teaching the principles of storytelling to writers, speakers, teachers, and leaders. He also hosts the weekly podcast The Story Blender, on which he has interviewed more than 150 of the world’s leading writers and storytellers. In 2020, he was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame for excellence in fiction writing. Publishers Weekly has called him “[a] master storyteller at the peak of his game.”

When he’s not writing or speaking, you may find him playing basketball or disc golf, or hiking near his home in the Appalachian Highlands of East Tennessee. He may or may not watch too many science fiction movies while eating bottomless bowls of chips and salsa. 

In 2010, Steven developed the Novel Writing Intensive retreats to provide a concentrated time of study and feedback for fiction writers of all levels. 

 

Visit his official website at https://www.stevenjames.net.

Follow him on social media @readstevenjames.

Subscribe to his weekly podcast The Story Blender.

Robert Dugoni is the New York Times and #1 Amazon bestselling author of multiple series including the Tracy Crosswhite police series, the Charles Jenkins espionage series, the Keera Duggan legal thriller series, and David Sloane legal thriller series. He has sold more than 12 million books worldwide. His stand-alone novel, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, was named a Newsweek Favorite Book of All Time and Suspense Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year.  Robert’s narration received an AudioFile Earphones Award. Other best-selling novels include A Killing on the Hill, winner of the Silver Falchion award for best historical novel; The World Played Chess, the World War II blockbuster; Hold Strong, The 7th Canon, Damage Control, and The Cyanide Canary, a 2004 Washington Post Best Book of the Year. 

 

His novels have been optioned for movies and television series. 

 

Robert is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction and the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for Best Novel Set in the Pacific Northwest. He’s a two-time finalist for the International Thriller Award, the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Silver Falchion Award for mystery, historical and legal thriller, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages and sold in forty countries. 

 

Visit his website at www.robertdugonibooks.com. 

 

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