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Each month, the THE BIG THRILL webzine features dozens of original interviews with ITW members discussing their new releases.

Check out our brand-new collection of MEMBERS' VIDEO TRAILERS, and if you’re an ITW member, be sure to add yours.

Thriller Roundtable

And whether you’re an author or a fan, you’ll want to join the weekly THRILLER ROUNDTABLE - a truly unique place where readers and fans discuss their favorite thrillers with their favorite authors:

April 30 - May 6: "Hollywood endings, is the reading public expecting a happily-ever-after or can authors choose to follow a darker-even ambiguous-path?" With Bob Liparulo, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, James Conway, Libby Hellmann, William Todd Rose, D. P. Lyle, Kellyann Zuzulo, Linda Rodriguez, Brian Andrews, Angela Alsaleem, W. Craig Reed and Thomas Young


Week of May 7 - 13:"Developing the antagonist when a love interest goes bad: are broken-hearted villains suspenseful?" Open Discussion


Week of May 14 - 20: "Short story versus novel length, how do you adapt from one to the other?" With D. P. Lyle, Alexandra Sokoloff, Dianna Love and Patricia Rosemoor


May 21 - 27: "How can love drive the plot of a thriller story, or in the words of Tina Turner: What’s love got to do with it?" With C J. Greaves, Diana Love, Mark Tullius, Lisa Brackmann and Raymond Benson


May 28 - June 3: "What is the inspiration behind your story in the LOVE IS MURDER anthology?" With William Simon, Laura Griffin, Jon Land, Alexandra Sokoloff, Jeff Ayers, Diana Love, James Macomber and J. T. Ellison


Watchlist

Board of Directors

Douglas Preston, Co-President

Kathleen Antrim, Co-President

R. L. Stine, Director at Large

D.P. Lyle, MD, Vice President, National Events

Karen Dionne, Vice President, Technology

Peter James, International Vice President

D.L. Wilson, Vice President, Membership

Jon Land, Vice President, Marketing/Communications

Joseph Finder, Vice President, Publications

Allen Wyler, Vice President, Awards

Secretary/Treasurer & Financial Officer

David Dun

Emeritus

Gayle Lynds, Co-Founder

David Morrell, Co-Founder

William Bernhardt, Steve Berry, Lee Child, David Dun, Tess Gerritsen, David Hewson, Vicki Hinze, Shirley Kennett, Joe Moore, Carla Neggers, James Rollins, M.J. Rose, M. Diane Vogt

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Programs

The International Thriller Writers organization is dedicated to elevating and promoting the thriller genre by means of the following unique programs:

Debut Authors

USO Tour

Thriller Watch

Thriller Radio

Thriller Awards

ThrillerFest

Event Calendar

Patrons (Actives)
Clive Cussler*
Dirk Cussler*
Faye and Jonathan Kellerman*
John Lescroart*
Karin Slaughter

Sponsors (Actives)
Kathleen Antrim*
Neal Baer
David Baldacci*
Steve Berry*
Gary Braver*
Sandra Brown*
Dale Brown*
John Case*
Lee Child*
Glenn Cooper
Richard Curtis*
Jack F. Du Brul*
David Dun*
Joseph Finder*
Brian Garfield*
Tess Gerritsen*
Leslie Glass*
Vicki Hinze*

Lisa Jackson
Alex Kava*
Raymond Khoury
Deborah LeBlanc
Eric Van Lustbader*
D.P. Lyle, M.D.*
Gayle Lynds*
Steve Martini
Brad Meltzer
David Morrell*
Katherine Neville*
Michael Palmer*
James Patterson*
Andrew Peterson
Douglas Preston*
Lissa Price
Christopher Reich*
James Rollins*
M.J. Rose*
JoAnn Ross
Hank Phillippi Ryan
John Saul*
Susan Arnout Smith
R.L. Stine*
Brad Thor*

Supporters (Actives)
Steve Alten*
Ted Bell*
Emily Benedek
Janet Berliner-Gluckman*
Gary Birken
Sandra Brannan
Allison Brennan
Jan Burke*
Lorenzo Carcaterra
Lincoln Child*
Stephen Coonts*
Brian DAmato
Nelson DeMille
Eileen Dreyer*
Linda Fairstein*
Vince Flynn*
Chris Fox
Joel Goldman*
Howard Gordon
Heather Graham*
Thomas Greanias
Gary Grossman
Humphrey Hawksley


*original member joined
by June 4, 2005

Bonnie Hearn Hill*
Alan Jacobson
Judith Kelman*
Harley Jane Kozak
Jon Land*
Dennis Lynds*
Michael McMenamin
Francine Mathews*
Kyle Mills*
Twist Phelan
Christopher Rice*
Wendy Roberts
John Sandford
James Siegel*
Carl T. Smith*
Deborah Smith*
Taylor Smith*
L.A. Starks
Mariah Stewart*
Peter Straub*
Lee Strobel
M. Diane Vogt*
Stuart Woods*

Patrons (Associates)
Tucker Andersen

Sponsors (Associates)
Maria Carvainis
Leisure Books*
Ed Mitchell*
Henry Morrison*
Adrian Muller*
Bill Sewell
Tor/Forge Books*

Supporters (Associates)
Linda Adams*
Brilliance Audio*
Emory Hackman*
Inkwell Management, LLC*
Mario Mastro
The Mystery Bookstore