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June 2010 Andrew Gross Harlan Coben MJ Rose and Mary Higgins Clark On Location: LA Times Special Summer Reading Edition Reading Summer Special Festival of Books ANewNDREW from New York Times G bestsellingROSS author AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPH © BY JAN COBB “Sexy as hell, Andrew Gross’s best.” —JAMES PATTERSON “Fantastic. A MUST READ.” —LEE CHILD “Compelling… The action rips forward at breakneck speed.” —LINDA FAIRSTEIN A MAN HAUNTED BY MURDER. A WOMAN TAUNTED BY GREED. ONE CONSPIRACY TOO BIG TO FAIL. Also available from HarperCollins eBooks, HarperAudio, and HarperLuxe Large Print. www.andrewgrossbooks.com From the Editor C re d it s ummer is here and I couldn’t be more grateful. Living in fabulous Los Angeles, California summertime John Raab means random days on the beach, lots of sunshine President & Chairman and BBQsS with friends. I am a lucky gal to spend my life in such a beautiful part of the world; June, July and August refresh my mind of Matt McElreath these facts every year. Executive Vice President, Marketing My favorite things about summer, however, has always been free time and great books. With the sun setting later and temperatures Amanda Goossen remaining at eighty degrees long after sunset, I have always admired Editor-In-Chief the possibilities of so much time. As a kid summertime meant no school and the choice to read anything and everything and I usually had a list I’d been adding to all year long. Contributors To this day, my stack of must-reads sits waiting for free time; thankfully I found a job that requires me to read and constantly explore my passion. Starr Gardinier Reina Terri Ann Armstrong I’ve been waiting for our June issue, which focuses on summer reading, all year Claudia Vargas long. Maybe it’s the child in me who once again has an excuse to read whatever I want, Tiffany Colter but this issue did just that, it allowed me to scan the world of publishing and choose Donald Allen Kirch whatever struck my fancy. Uncle Ben once told Peter Parker in Spiderman: ‘With great R.M. Sackville power comes great responsibility’ and I take this to heart. I tried to choose a wide Steven Morris variety of things to discuss this month and I think you will be thrilled at the result. In June, Suspense Magazine adds two new columns, one by Donald Allen Kirch, Artists Ana Cruz who recently graced our magazine in our new author section. His column, Stranger www.anacruzarts.com than Fiction: True Stories of the Paranormal is a fascinating look into myth, truth and the line that blurs the two. After reading his tales you will find yourself asking, “could Ryan Hungerford that possibly be true?” and he has the facts to back it up. We also welcome Roxanne www.ryanhungerford.com Sackville to Suspense Magazine. Roxanne will be teaching us a few things about the Customer Service and Sub- mysterious world of publishing, talking about her fight for her novel and the lessons scriptions: she learned along the way. Hopefully her stories will help a few of you in your battle For 24/7 service, please use our for your book. website, www.suspensemaga- Last month we featured newcriminologist.com, the leading true crime resource zine.com or write to: SUS- and I am thrilled to inform you we will now be running their work each month in PENSE MAGAZINE at our true crime section. Newcriminoligist.com holds the largest crime database in the 26500 Agoura Road, #102-474 Calabasas, CA 91302 world and Suspense Magazine is honored to be bringing you their haunting knowledge. I am absolutely over the moon for the authors we spoke to this month. Suspense Occasionally, Suspense Maga- Magazine was given the absolute privilege of talking to Mary Higgins Clark, Harlan zine makes portions of our Coben, Andrew Gross and MJ Rose. With that kind of star power I feel like I’ve died magazine subscriber lists and gone to heaven and I think you—our loyal readers—will feel that way too. Each available to carefully screened of these four authors gave us their time, their incredibly insight and a few fun stories companies that offer special along the way. Enjoy their interviews; I know we did. products and services. Any subscriber who does not want Some fun extras this month include “On Location” stories from Wonder-con to receive mailings from and The LA Times Festival of Books. We spoke to two of the young stars of ABC’s new third-party companies should drama Happy Town and also bring you the five top stories in our Very Short, Short Story contact Editor@suspensemag- Contest, which ran the month of April and brought with it some amazing submissions. azine.com. Gregg Olsen even enters our world and talks about what it’s like to write true crime. As you can see our Summer Reading issue has a bit of everything this month Rates: $5.99 per copy in the U.S.; $36.00 for 12 issue subscription / and I believe you’ll find yourself reading Suspense Magazine from cover to cover. I $72.00 for 24 issue subscription in take my responsibility seriously, to make each month better than the last, to thrill our the U.S.; add $11.00 per year for readers and keep you coming back for more. foreign subscriptions in countries Summertime is reading time. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am heading to the where we have no representation. All foreign subscriptions must be beach with a bag of books! payable in U.S. funds. Until next month, Amanda Goossen Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Magazine SuspenseMagazine.com 1 In ThIs Issue S uS p e nS e M a g a z i n e 50 June 2010 / Vol. 012 Spotlight. 3. Let MJ Rose Creating a Book Club: FOOD by.Amanda.Goossen . 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It was always cleans my plate, crowds and some of the best my mother’s kitchen, a place we savors every bite and lives authors in the world. “Writers could visit, but not completely for the taste, the texture Can Cook Too” was created invade! Iand the joy of food.