Ever been curious about how your favorite Crime Fiction streaming series stars were created? Or interested in knowing more about the authors who invented them, what they were thinking for instance when naming a popular character like Alex Cross, Dexter, Scarpetta, Vera, Line of Duty’s Ted Hastings, Happy Valley’s Sergeant Catherine Cawood, Myron Bolitar, Detective Harry Hole, Dick Tracy, Rusty Sabich, V.I. Warshawski, Stephanie Plum, Inspector Rubus, Lincoln Rhyme, Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan, Cork O’Connor, Night Agent Peter Sutherland, Finlay Donovan, John Rambo, Longmire, and many more of our favorite crime-fiction protagonists like L.A.P.D. Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch?
Michael Connelly shared the answer to that question exclusively with TUBI-streaming show ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV, during his episode as part of the forthcoming CRIME FICTION Edition, recalling that “where I first engaged in Bosch, the painter, was in college in a humanities class. And again, it was one of those lucky things that the professor was just fascinated with the painter’s work and the sometimes- discernible meanings behind what he was doing. So I was steeped in Hieronymus Bosch. I think there are obvious corollaries between Bosch’s most famous work and living in Los Angeles, so I was going for this metaphor of a modern Garden of Earthly Delights, because within those paintings there’s the good and the bad. And I was seeing that as a reporter covering crime out here.”
When conjuring up her devious Housemaid star Millie Calloway, Freida McFadden reveals she was pulling from autobiographical muse in her episode, sharing that “with Millie, I sort of like[d] the idea of an employee being treated poorly because I’ve kind of been in that situation before—not recently, but years ago. I also like situations that are very cringey because somebody is sort of being treated so badly.”
Crime Fiction is among the best-selling book genre in the world today across the popular thriller, suspense, mystery, noir, true crime categories and beyond. This year, for the first time, its top literary stars gather for episodic interviews profiling the creation of their top series / stars and stand-alone best-sellers co-starring in ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV’s Crime Fiction edition.
Giving fans a front-row seat to meet the hottest new and most revered veterans of the genre, including exclusive interviews with James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Gillian Flynn, Dennis Lehane, Tana French, Harlan Coben, Freida McFadden, T.J. Newman, Shari Lapena, George Pelecanos, Ann Cleeves, Peter James, Tracy Clark, C.J. Box, Megan Abbott, Jo Nesbo, Laura Lippman, Ragnar Jonasson, Karin Slaughter, Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio, Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright, legendary mafia prosecutor Edward McDonald, Sandra Brown, Laura Dave, Max Allan Collins, Scott Turow, Attica Locke, Liv Constantine, Brad Meltzer, Patricia Cornwell, David Baldacci, Anthony Horowitz, Catherine Coulter, Don Winslow, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, Ian Rankin, Andrea Mara, Alyssa Cole, Janet Evanovich, Jeffery Deaver, James Lee Burke, Alex Segura, Allison Brennan, Marcia Clark, William Kent Krueger, Matthew Quirk, Dr. Kathy Reichs, Lisa Jackson, B.A. Paris, Sarah Pekkanen, Robin Cook, Wally Lamb, Preston & Child, William Landay, Ruth Ware, Lisa Gardner, Daniel Silva, Dexter creator Jeff Lindsay, F.B.I. profiling legend John Douglas, Heather Gudenkauf, Seraphina Nova Glass, Elle Cosimano, Chris Whitaker, Ally Condie, Anne Hillerman, Peter Swanson, Andrea Bartz, Sophie Hannah and more.
James Patterson shares of his iconic DC criminal profiler Alex Cross’s creation: “I wanted him to be more than just a street cop and the idea of a guy. In fact, that’s why Morgan Freeman took the role, because Alex doesn’t. I mean, he can if need be, he can. He can fight, but he’s not. He’s not a fighter. That’s not his nature. And his nature is to solve things with his head, and that was what attracted Morgan to the role.”
Seeking to give readers and viewers of their favorite book and adapted streaming series and movies the deepest dive inside this colorful library of imaginations, other episode interviews include Hannah Morrissy, Joe Pistone aka Donnie Brasco, Chris Bohjalian, Mary Kubica, John Lescroart, Jeffrey Archer, Ivy Pochoda, Kate White, Danielle Girard, Gilly McMillan, SJ Rozan, Chuck Hogan, Rachel Howzell Hall, Claire Mackintosh, J.A. Jance, David Morrell, Karen Dionne, Riley Sager, Jonahan Kellerman, John Connolly, Karen Robards, Jake Hinkson, Elly Griffiths, Linwood Barclay, Mark Billingham, Peter Robinson Joe R. Lansdale, Patrick Hoffman, Craig Alan Johnson, Peter Abrahams, Candice Fox, Scott Phillips, Karen McManus, Brendan Slocumb, Wendy Walker, Wallace Stroby, Tess Gerritsen, Lee Goldberg, Tod Goldberg, Meg Gardiner, James Finn Garner, Tom Rob Smith, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Lisa Unger, Megan Miranda, Robert Bryndza, Eli Cranor, J.T. Ellison, Lou Berney, Sean DooLittle, Jeff Abbott, Mark Olshaker, Reed Farrel Coleman, Michael Ledwidge, Jenna Blum, T.J. English, John Fram, Bianca Maris, Catherine Steadman, Alex Finlay, Hannah Deitch, Libby Cudmore, Lo Patrick, Katarina Bivald, Cara Hunter, Garth Risk Hallberg, Kiersten Miller, Jon Lindstrom, Maureen Callahan, Liz Nugent, Ace Atkins, Troy Duffy, Robert Dugoni, Samantha Downing, James Grady, Kit Frick, Phillip Margolin, Christina Kovac, Gayle Lynds, Gareth Brown, Gary Phillips, Nicci Cloke, Thomas Perry, Sara Gran, Pip Drysdale, Sandie Jones, Michael Farris Smith, Lauren Beukes, Katherine Kovacic, Steve Berry, Grant Blackwood, Alan Parks, JD Kirk, Joel Dicker, Diane Chamberlain, Sue Watson, Chris Offutt, Prof Kevin Willmott, Lucinda Berry, Kat Martin, Stuart Neville, Rob Hart, Robyn Harding, Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Vanessa Lillie, Cate Holohan, Helen Pheifer, Victoria Helen Stone, Alison Gaylin, Jenny Crusie, Peter Blauner, Alice Henderson, Kwei Quartey, Janice Hallett, Jonathan Jakubowicz, Alexandra Andrews,
Shawn “S.A.” Cosby, Lisa Jewell, Matt & Harrison Query, and more!
Covering every corner of the globe, Tana French talks about dialoguing with Dublin Murder Squad DI Rob Ryan: I never based characters on real people who I’ve known. He consistently feels a little bit like the outsider, because he is carrying this mystery inside himself and the secret about himself in the sense that he is in some ways set apart from people who haven’t been through this traumatic event. When I’m writing in his character on the page, it’s more the rhythms of his voice that I could hear, and the kind of the inner rhythm of his thinking, the sort of nervy, edgy, highly controlled inner rhythm that he’s got that’s not always perfectly controlled, because, you know, this is a guy who has been cracked straight through at a formative age and that cracks still there, but it’s very well concealed.
ATA TV Host/Creator Jake Brown (also an author of 60 books) commented: “As we enter our 6th year, we couldn’t be more excited to be delivering our most ambitious seasons yet with a focus definitively on Crime Fiction’s amazing world of scribes. Whether you’re a fan of Alex Cross, Bosch, The Housemaid Series, or older school classic characters like V.I. Warshwski, Dr. Temprence Brennan, Stephanie Plum, Dexter, Vera Stanhope, Will Trent, John Rebus, Joe Pickett, Rusty Sabich, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, and so many more, we’re joined by over 150 writers who have shaped the Crime Fiction genre over the past 50 years and are equally-excited to feature today’s newest pens blazing away!”
Click here to see the official trailer: https://youtu.be/9nbI7GuQGrw
Click here to view sample episodes from:
Tana French: https://youtu.be/4bZDOXqTFjs
James Patterson: https://youtu.be/qhIOzsqt0iM
Gillian Flynn: https://youtu.be/ozPKlfpqY44
Patricia Cornwell: https://youtu.be/TJpsK5lLEmY
Scott Turow: https://youtu.be/hERRpZHRTzU
Jeffery Deaver: https://youtu.be/RGzHcRMsSH4
Freida McFadden: https://youtu.be/2yRZWiZJSZ4
Harlan Coben: https://youtu.be/e3LosGCagWI
Don Winslow: https://youtu.be/LAdl5wdFKyw
Janet Evanovich: https://youtu.be/NRIhWprdUjw
Chris Whitaker: https://youtu.be/mHgIdUCui3o
Ruth Ware: https://youtu.be/fwHRGXopLFI
Sandra Brown: https://youtu.be/RbvsbSH0h_8
William Kent Krueger: https://youtu.be/ym4VpnfxGlc
Mary Kubica: https://youtu.be/lrcKxVDATGo
Marcia Clark: https://youtu.be/JIDK7S4Wp3U
Lisa Gardner: https://youtu.be/AFUB8ga58nY
Karin Slaughter: https://youtu.be/p7vZMO-77CU
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