Courtesy of two of our IAMTW members, we’re pleased to present the following interview: David Spencer, author of The Novelizers, talks with John Peel David Spencer’s The Novelizers is a hefty, packed tome of over 400 pages, released by…
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Bond and Beyond – Raymond Benson
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with author Raymond Benson, the author of nearly 40 published works. He is most well-known for being the third—and first American—author of official continuation James Bond novels. His most recent original suspense thrillers areIn the Hush of…

Pirate King Chris A. Jackson
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with author Chris A. Jackson. TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? CHRIS A. JACKSON: The 1976 Star Wars novel, ghost-written by Alan Dean Foster. This book was kind of a turning point in…

Pulp Master Jim Beard
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with author Jim Beard TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? JIM BEARD: Back in grade school, I was addicted to the Scholastic Books catalogs we got every month and would love it…

Hybrid Author – Monica Valentinelli
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with author Monica Valentinelli TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? MONICA VALENTINELLI: Alan Dean Foster’s Splinter of the Mind’s Eye for Star Wars. I remember being so excited to read a story before…

Interviewing Prolific Author Kevin J. Anderson
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with author Kevin J. Anderson. TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? KEVIN J. ANDERSON: It was the James Blish Star Trek books in 7th grade, and then the Alan Dean Foster Star…

Talking tie-ins with Matt Forbeck
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with bestselling tie-in author Matt Forbeck. TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? MATT FORBECK: It was Welcome Back, Kotter: The Sweathog Newshawks, by William Johnston, back in 1976. I loved the show, so…

Strange New Worlds: D.J. Stevenson interviewed
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with D. J. Stevenson, Executive Vice President of the IAMTW, chair of the Scribe Awards, and administrator of Pennwriters’ annual writing contest. D.J. earned her degree in Journalism and German after which she worked as a technical…

Holy Bat-Collaboration: Christa Faust and Gary Philips interviewed
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry chats with two celebrated authors who collaborated on a media tie-in project. Christa Faust is an author of award-winning crime novels, media tie-ins and comics. She has worked in the Times Square peep booths, as a professional…

A Dream Job: NYT Bestseller Delilah S. Dawson interviewed
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry talks to New York Times bestselling author and comic writer, Delilah S. Dawson TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? DELILAH DAWSON: Back in 1983, I had the Star Wars Read Along book,…