The Thriller Pitch Podcast
Episodes
Writing the Case That Scared Him Most | James Rosenberg
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James Rosenberg is a Pittsburgh attorney and author of the Verdicts and Vindication series, legal thrillers pulled directly from cases he has handled....
Writing Real People Into Fiction and Living With the Consequences | Robert Adamcik
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Adamcik is a Navy veteran and defense contractor who writes spy thrillers populated with real people, coworkers, shipmates, and friends, by nam...
Writing the Locked-Room Thriller: Susan Walter on Persistence and the "Enclosed Capsule" Challenge
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How do you keep a story moving when your characters are physically stuck in their seats? Film director turned novelist Susan Walter breaks down the "E...
The Machine Will Forget You: The Reality of Writing 4 Thrillers a Year | Brian Drake
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
35-book veteran Brian Drake joins Mark P.J. Nadon to reveal a brutal industry truth: If you aren't publishing fast, the algorithm will likely bury you...
Using Real Technology Without Overloading the Story | J.L. Hancock
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
J.L. Hancock joins me to talk about The Hawk Enigma and how his past work with special operations informed the technical foundation of the story, with...
Crime Fiction Without Redemption Fantasies | Joel Nedecky
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I talk with Joel Nedecky, author of The Broken Detective, about the craft choices behind his debut crim...
BONUS: 10 Lessons I Learned from Interviewing 27 Thriller Authors (2025)
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off Season Two of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, host Mark P.J. Nadon shares ten lessons he learned in 2025 after reading more than 45 thriller n...
Why We Tell Dark Stories — and What They Cost | Westley Smith
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I’m joined by Westley Smith, author of They Came at Night, to talk about blending psychological thril...
Karen E. Osborne on Building Characters from Real Life and Writing Across Dual Timelines
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I’m joined by Karen E. Osborne to talk about how she builds characters from real life and structures ...
How Adam Roach Turned a 100-Word Flash Fiction into a Thriller Series
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I’m joined by Adam Roach, author of The Ritualist. Adam talks about how a 100-word flash fiction piec...
How Melissa F. Miller Blends Fairy Tales, Trauma, and Tension in Psychological Thrillers
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a real encounter sparks the opening of a psychological thriller? In this episode, USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller exp...
How Andrew Warren Writes Smart, Tactical Villains
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Andrew Warren joins me to talk about how he created White Tiger — a villain who’s as tactically intelligent as he is physically d...
When the Mind Breaks: Jo Loveday on Addiction, Identity, and Psychological Horror
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Loveday joins me to discuss Campus of Shadows, a psychological horror thriller that follows a vulnerable mind as it begins to break. We talk about ...
Trust the Story: Mark Philbin on Writing Tense Plots and Characters with Agency | Ep19
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build a high-stakes thriller without losing sight of character? In this episode, Mark Philbin joins me to talk about Kill Them All, a plot-...
How M.M. Deluca Builds Twisted Friendships in Multi-POV Psychological Thrillers | EP18
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a friendship unravel, and how do you show every side of it on the page? In this episode, author M.M. Deluca joins me to talk about The Divo...
How T.R. Hendricks Turns Real Military Experience into Authentic Action Thrillers | EP17
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you write action that feels real without losing your voice as a storyteller? In this episode, author T.R. Hendricks joins me to talk about The ...
Writing 5,000 Words a Day and Staying Real | Maria Frankland on Psychological Thrillers | EP16
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you write 5,000 words a day and still love what you do? In this episode, author Maria Frankland joins me to talk about I Don’t Like Mondays,...
Thomas Stewart on Writing Without Rewrites | Deliberate Storytelling in Horror Thrillers | EP15
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a horror-thriller author refuses to rewrite? In this episode, Thomas Stewart joins host Mark P.J. Nadon to discuss his novel Allison...
Melissa Roos on Writing from Emotion and Instinct in Tennessee Wishes | EP14
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Author Melissa Roos joins me to talk about Tennessee Wishes — a romantic-suspense set in Nashville where a dream, a spark, and a shadowy crime wave ...
Secrets, Justice, and a Double Agent | Spy Girls by Joanna Vander Vlugt | EP13
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spy Girls is a gripping spy thriller with assassins, pursuit and resilience. A CIA action officer is released from prison. A Chief Justice is murdered...
Covert Ops and Cartel Wars in Cuba | Caribbean Harvest by Steve Stratton | EP12
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caribbean Harvest is a high-stakes international thriller about drugs, politics, and pursuit. When El Chapo sets his sights on Cuba as the next hub fo...
Vigilante Thriller Cartel Hunter by Robert Goluba | Thriller Pitch Ep 11
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cartel Hunter is a vigilante justice thriller about family, morality, and survival. When Air Force pararescueman Jason Mulder returns home after his b...
International Best Selling Action Thriller Blunt Force by Aiden Bailey | Thriller Pitch Ep 10
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Blunt Force is a high-octane action thriller about espionage, betrayal, and survival. When investigative journalists expose corruption on a global sca...
Psychological Thriller Every Fall by award winning author Angela Douglas | Thriller Pitch Ep 9
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every Fall is a chilling psychological thriller about police culture, family trauma, and the thin line between reality and haunting. After tragedy str...
Award winning Medical Thriller Deadly Vision by T.D. Severin | Thriller Pitch Ep 8
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Award winning novel Deadly Vision is a medical thriller about Dr. Taylor Abrahms, a pioneer in medical virtual reality whose groundbreaking Virtua...
Adventure Thriller The Devil's Eye by Ox Devere | Thriller Pitch Ep 7
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Devil’s Eye is an adventure thriller about a lost alchemist’s notebook that surfaces at a London auction and sparks a high-stakes race across ...
Vigilante Thriller Power Surge by Lizzie Qnert | Thriller Pitch Ep 6
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Power Surge is a vigilante thriller about CC Crane, a 52-year-old ad executive who targets sexual predators, only to draw the attention of a violent m...
Dark Psychological Thriller The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis | Thriller Pitch Ep 5
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Dollhouse is a dark psychological thriller about siblings Angel and Bud, captives in a place where a madman’s cruel games decide who lives and w...
Award Winning Domestic Thriller Inside Outside by Faye Arcand | Thriller Pitch Ep 4
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Inside Outside is a tense domestic thriller about two women—Leslie and Selena—trapped by secrets, obligation, and the pressure to appear fine when...
Action Thriller Metal Spies by Cole Chase | Thriller Pitch Ep 3
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Metal Spies is a fast-moving action-thriller about a conman fronting a metal band—and getting blackmailed into stopping a billionaire’s plot again...
Psychological Thriller The Cemetery Spot by Jenna Moquin | Thriller Pitch Ep 2
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Cemetery Spot is a psychological thriller about two sisters bound by blood—and a secret that could destroy them both. In this episode of The Thr...
International Best Selling Action Thriller Tokyo Black by Andrew Warren | Thriller Pitch Ep 1
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tokyo Black is an action thriller about a betrayed CIA operative forced into a dangerous new mission in Japan. In this episode of The Thriller Pitch P...
Pitch. Hook. Connect. What This Podcast Is All About | Thriller Pitch Podcast Ep 0
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Thriller Pitch Podcast, where thriller authors pitch their stories and we dig into the why behind the words. Each episode starts with ...