Interview with Wow Creator: Gayle Lynds, Best Selling Author

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to interview NY Times Best Selling Author Gayle Lynds. Her books have won such awards as "Novel of the Year" (The Last Spymaster) given by the Military Writers Society of America, and have been People magazine's "Page-Turner of the Week" and "Beach Read of the Week."

Publishers Weekly lists her work among the top ten spy novels of all time. With Robert Ludlum (Bourne Identity), she created the Covert-One series and wrote three of the novels. One of them, The Hades Factor, was a CBS miniseries in April 2006.

In the interview she talks about her latest book, and also gives lots of great tips for authors – how to find a literary agent, working with editors, surviving in the publishing industry, promoting your work, and how she conducts research.

I recently finished reading The Last Spymaster and loved it. Gayle Lynds knows her subject and does a fantastic job of interweaving action and suspense while still reaching deeper into human relationships. The story is a rich exploration of the mentor - protégé relationship as well as what happens to people who are thrown together in a crisis situation. For those of you coming from my "clean romance" site, you'll be happy to know that The Last Spymaster has a wonderful romantic twist. Do be aware that there are a couple sentences that would be considered a little more graphic than I'd write, and there is strong language throughout the book.

To listen to the interview, click here.