| While researching my next book, I joined a CNN film crew doing a documentary on the U.S. Navy's ICEX Arctic opertions aboard the USS Connecticut (SSN-22) beneath the polar ice cap |
| Every year in July I attend the ITW ThrillerFest in New York to learn from top thriller writers, do some book signings with fellow authors and speak as a panelist for some of the sessions |
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| Ken Follet |
Clive Cussler |
Brad Thor |
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| David Baldacci |
Robin Cook |
Joseph Finder |
| Book research is exciting and fun, especially when I get to visit exotic locations like Saint Petersburg, Russia, play with guns at the Navy SEAL training center in San Diego, and climb aboard nuclear fast-attack submarines like the USS Albuquerque (SSN-706) |
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