“Hey. Can I share something with you?” Writing dialogue takes years of practice. I developed the ear during an experimental theater workshop during my English undergraduate studies at Queens College (that’s Queens as in New York, not England). My professor, Richard...
Welcome to the Reading Group Guide for No Way Out. If you haven’t read the novel yet, save this list until you have finished it, because there’s spoiler information contained in the questions. The information presented regarding Amelia Bassano Lanier is...
No Way Out A Karen Vail Novel (#5) Copyright (c) 2013 Alan Jacobson. All Rights Reserved. Suspense Magazine’s “Best of 2013” The Strand Magazine’s #6 Best Thriller of the Year 1 Plaza Mayor Madrid, Spain “Could really do...
In an almost prescient news story, it was disclosed this week that US citizens have been tracked using license plate data by private companies. As I stated in my earlier blog post regarding former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the metadata collected by the NSA for...
When Norwood Press first told me they were thinking about doing a crowd funding campaign for my next hardcover, I knew nothing about Kickstarter. During the next several months, they concluded it presented an extraordinary opportunity to remake the publishing...
I’m going to come right out and say it: Edward Snowden is a criminal. Now, some may argue, he’s concerned about America and the government’s violation of our privacy, so he’s a hero, standing up for the average American who’s been violated. But Snowden, himself, has...
FBI Profiler Karen Vail returns in her fifth adventure, No Way Out, a high-stakes thriller set in England. Join Alan on location in London as he brings Karen Vail to your doorstep… Check out Alan’s other book trailers and author interviews, including four...
It’s with deep sadness that I share the news of Robert Ressler’s passing, who died in his sleep this morning at the age of 76. Officially, Robert was known as a “former FBI agent, author, and lecturer,” but he was so much more than that: he was...
No Way Out (Karen Vail #5) Norwood Press, 2013 (hardcover) Open Road (trade paperback) Open Road (eBook) Suspense Magazine’s “Best of 2013″ The Strand Magazine’s #6 Best Thriller of the Year Renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail returns in No Way Out, a high-stakes...
Let’s Have Some Fun! Enter the Crush contest The winner receives the right to have a character named after himself/herself in a future novel. That’s right—a character in the novel will be named after you. There have been several winners already (the...
