All Episodes

Thrillers that Started with Real Search and Rescue Missions | Cam Torrens

Write What You Know — Especially The Parts You Don't Talk About | Mark P.J. Nadon

The Phone Call That Turned Into an Archaeological Thriller | Luke Richardson

He Defended a Real Killing in Court Then Wrote a Novel About It | James Rosenberg

Writing Real People Into Fiction and Living With the Consequences | Robert Adamcik

How Do You Write a Thriller When Everyone's Stuck in Their Seats? | Susan Walter

The Machine Will Forget You: The Reality of Writing 4 Thrillers a Year | Brian Drake

Using Real Technology Without Overloading the Story | J.L. Hancock

Crime Fiction Without Redemption Fantasies | Joel Nedecky

BONUS: 10 Lessons I Learned from Interviewing 27 Thriller Authors (2025)

Why We Tell Dark Stories — and What They Cost | Westley Smith

Karen E. Osborne on Building Characters from Real Life and Writing Across Dual Timelines

How Adam Roach Turned a 100-Word Flash Fiction into a Thriller Series

How Melissa F. Miller Blends Fairy Tales, Trauma, and Tension in Psychological Thrillers

How Andrew Warren Writes Smart, Tactical Villains

When the Mind Breaks: Jo Loveday on Addiction, Identity, and Psychological Horror

Trust the Story: Mark Philbin on Writing Tense Plots and Characters with Agency

How M.M. Deluca Builds Twisted Friendships in Multi-POV Psychological Thrillers | EP18

How T.R. Hendricks Turns Real Military Experience into Authentic Action Thrillers | EP17

Writing 5,000 Words a Day and Staying Real | Maria Frankland on Psychological Thrillers | EP16

Thomas Stewart on Writing Without Rewrites | Deliberate Storytelling in Horror Thrillers | EP15

Melissa Roos on Writing from Emotion and Instinct in Tennessee Wishes | EP14

Secrets, Justice, and a Double Agent | Spy Girls by Joanna Vander Vlugt | EP13

Covert Ops and Cartel Wars in Cuba | Caribbean Harvest by Steve Stratton | EP12

Vigilante Thriller Cartel Hunter by Robert Goluba | Thriller Pitch Ep 11

International Best Selling Action Thriller Blunt Force by Aiden Bailey | Thriller Pitch Ep 10

Psychological Thriller Every Fall by award winning author Angela Douglas | Thriller Pitch Ep 9

Award winning Medical Thriller Deadly Vision by T.D. Severin | Thriller Pitch Ep 8

Adventure Thriller The Devil's Eye by Ox Devere | Thriller Pitch Ep 7

Vigilante Thriller Power Surge by Lizzie Qnert | Thriller Pitch Ep 6

Dark Psychological Thriller The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis | Thriller Pitch Ep 5

Award Winning Domestic Thriller Inside Outside by Faye Arcand | Thriller Pitch Ep 4

Action Thriller Metal Spies by Cole Chase | Thriller Pitch Ep 3

Psychological Thriller The Cemetery Spot by Jenna Moquin | Thriller Pitch Ep 2

International Best Selling Action Thriller Tokyo Black by Andrew Warren | Thriller Pitch Ep 1

Pitch. Hook. Connect. What This Podcast Is All About | Thriller Pitch Podcast Ep 0