FINE BOOKS MAGAZINE WROTE A GREAT ARTICLE spotlighting Steve, "The Book Collector", along with the upcoming History Matters event at The Library of Virginia. Check it out here.
STEVE'S 20O9 TOUR IS IN FULL SWING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 2010. THE PARIS VENDETTA hit stores December 1, but with Christmas, his tour is always delayed until January. Steve started in Greenville, North Carolina at Barnes & Noble, continued to Borders at Baileys Crossroads in Virginia, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia. He then moved on to Atlanta for 3 days with stops at the Eagle Eye Bookstore and the Norcross Cultural Arts Center. Standing room only at each event, even with the cold weather. The tour then continued on to Phoenix with a stop at The Poisoned Pen bookstore, in Houston, Texas for an appearance at The Houston Museum of Natural Science, and on to Dallas, Texas, at Barnes & Noble. Steve and James Rollins were in Stuart, Florida, for an appearance at Bookmania!, then took a few days off to relax. The tour continued this week in Charleston, South Carolina, with a stop at Barnes & Noble on Sam Rittenberg, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, for an appearance at "The Moveable Feast", followed by a book signing at Litchfield Books. The next event will be in Roseville, California, at Barnes & Noble where James Rollins will again join Steve to sign books and answer questions. Click here to see the full schedule. If there's an event nearby drop by and say hello.
THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT SPENT 5 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST. It debuted at #13 and climbed to as high as #6. An excellent showing on a Christmas-time bestseller list loaded with mega-sellers.
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CHECK OUT THE PODCAST ON THE PARIS VENDETTA at WritersCast. David Wilk conducted an in depth interview with Steve which talks all about the latest Cotton Malone adventure. Click to hear.
THE PARIS VENDETTA DEBUTED AT #9 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST. An excellent showing when the likes of Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Dan Brown, Sue Grafton, James Patterson, Dean Koontz, and Stephen King are ahead of it. Check out the entire list here. Check out the entire list here.
Click here to read a great review of THE PARIS VENDETTA that appears in The Huffington Post.
A SIDE NOTE ON THE COVER FOR THE PARIS VENDETTA. Originally, the Eiffel Tower dominated the cover, but it's been altered to give more credit to the gentleman whose treasure forms the basis of the story ---- Napoleon. He's buried at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris and much of the book takes place at or around that location, so it seemed a perfect fit to place des Invalides on the cover. Look a little familiar? It does resemble the U.S. Capitol, St. Peter's in Rome, and St. Paul's in London. A truly distinctive form. Here are the thoughts of one early reader ---- #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child --- who said, "All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history - plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy."
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History Matters, the foundation Steve and Elizabeth started, held its first fundraising event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on October 23. The 3 hour writers' workshop session was a resounding success. There was a lunch as well, where Steve spoke to the crowd and signed books, which were included as part of the ticket. All of the money raised from the workshop and luncheon went to fund the Chapin Memorial Library's oral history project. Cathy Wiggins, the library director, was ecstatic. "History Matters contacted the library about holding an event. Steve's generosity is just overwhelming. You do not get many 10 million-copy, best-selling authors who are willing to do a three-hour writers workshop and a luncheon for free to benefit the community. Click here to read the article from the Myrtle Beach newspaper, The Sun News.
Over the coming months, History Matters is planning events in California, Virginia, and another in South Carolina. If you're interested in having one in your community, contact Steve and Elizabeth at historymatters@steveberry.org.
Read the terrific review from Library Journal for The Paris Vendetta:
"In Berry's latest page-turner after The Charlemagne Pursuit, Cotton Malone discovers a Secret Service agent breaking into his Copenhagen bookstore. The agent, Sam Collins, was sent by Cotton's friend Henrik Thorvaldsen to seek his help in getting revenge against the person Henrik has discovered to be responsible for his son's death. The guilty party has ties to a secret organization that plans to take down the global economy with help from a secret Napoleon carried to his grave. A race to solve historical riddles while staying alive ensues. VERDICT - Berry has written another amazing blend of suspense and history. Fans will love it, and for newcomers it's the perfect place to start. With the September release of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, savvy readers looking for more along those lines cannot go wrong with Cotton Malone. This will be Berry's biggest seller yet."
The Charlemagne Pursuit has been nominated for the 2009 Southeastern Independent Booksellers Association Award. Steve joins the likes of Tim Dorsey, Clyde Edgerton, and Mary Kay Andrews who are also nominated. Each year, hundreds of booksellers from across the South vote on their favorite books. These are the ones they've most enjoyed, hand sold to customers, and highly recommended. Books are nominated in six categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cooking young adult and children's. This year The Charlemagne Pursuit made the cut as one of their favorites in fiction. Winners will be recognized at SIBA's annual trade show in September. Click here to view all the nominees.
Writer's Digest recently spent some time with Steve and wrote an in-depth article, outlining his long 12 year road to publishing, the hard work and rejection, detailing the do's and don'ts that he learned along the way. Click here to read the article.
Read the starred review of The Charlemagne Pursuit from Publishers Weekly.
“In bestseller Berry's The Venetian Betrayal, Malone embarks on a search for answers about his father, Capt. Forrest Malone, after learning that instead of dying in 1971 in a nuclear sub accident in the North Atlantic, his father actually died while on a secret submarine mission to the Antarctic. Meanwhile, bad guy Adm. Langford Ramsey schemes to become the next ranking officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The two story lines merge as a group led by Malone races to Antarctica, where they find a strange underground city belonging to the Aryans, an advanced race who inhabited the earth at the dawn of our own civilization. A meticulous researcher, Berry carefully integrates such elements as Charlemagne, Nazis, ancient manuscripts, historical puzzles and scientific surprises into the plot. Those who relish suspense in The Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the series."
View the video of Steve, Brad Thor, and James Rollins discussing how they quietly began to include each other's characters into their own books, how fans caught on, and the reaction.
Read a profile of Steve that appeared in The Florida Times Union, Jacksonville's daily newspaper.
Watch Bethanne Patrick, of NPR's Author to Author, interview Steve for The Charlemagne Pursuit.
See what The Dallas Morning News has to say about Steve, his closing of his law practice, and The Charlemagne Pursuit.
Steve is currently co-president of International Thriller Writers, an organization of 1000 active thriller writers and enthusiasts from around the globe. Recently, he was interviewed for ITW's monthly newsletter, The Big Thrill. Click here to read the article.
Steve appeared on the Today Show, in 2004, as part of Where in the World is Matt Lauer. With a trip to Russia and a visit to the Amber Room on Matt's itinerary, one of the show's producers, who'd read The Amber Room, called Steve to see if he'd like to be part of the segment. Click here to watch the video. (Scroll down to Day 4, then click on "The Mystery of the Missing Amber Room.")
Read a profile of Steve that appeared in Italy's Thriller Magazine (in Italian).
Read an interesting USA Today article on Steve, The Templar Legacy, and The DaVinci Code's impact on the thriller genre.
Watch Bethanne Patrick, of NPR's Author to Author, interview Steve for The Venetian Betrayal.'There are no shortcuts.' That's the message Steve made clear in an interview with Dubai's Khaleej Times, when The Alexandria Link was released in 2007. Click here to read the article
Listen to a discussion of The Templar Legacy from Author-In-Your-Pocket.
Check out this interesting mention of The Amber Room from a Malaysian blogsite
