Archive for category: Nelson DeMille Newsletters

Today is May Day, a holiday in some countries, sort of like Labor Day in the U.S. Mayday is also the name of my airline disaster novel, co-authored with my childhood friend, Thomas Block, a retired U.S. Airways captain. To celebrate this holiday, take a day off from work and buy Mayday. The New York Times called it, “Fascinating and furiously paced…unrelenting suspense…a novel for the true connoisseur of disaster novels.”

What more could you want? Perfect for the beach, but maybe not so good for the airplane.

AND NOW FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: My new book, titled Radiant Angel, will come out on Tuesday, May 26. Depending on where you live, you might be hearing the sound of forests being felled to make paper for the millions of copies that are being printed as you read this. Even with that effort, there may not be enough books to satisfy demand. Pre-order now!

Fortunately, Radiant Angel is also available as an AudioBook and eBook if you want to go green.

FYI, Radiant Angel is being published simultaneously in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries where it is titled A Quiet End. Same book, except the U.K. edition has a different cover and it’s longer because they use U’s where we don’t, like labour, colour, honour, and so forth. Fourth?

As I mentioned, I’ll be on a publicity tour after publication date and you can check my website to see if I’ll be in your neck of the woods — if there are any woods left! I hope to see you at one of my book signings.

Radiant Angel won’t be out in time for Mother’s Day, but you can give your mom an I.O.U., something like, “Dear Mom, my Radiant Angel, I.O.U. Nelson DeMille’s latest book, Radiant Angel, coming soon.”

The book is actually about nuclear terrorism, but…well, John Corey mentions his mother in the book. All moms will love it. You can read the first two chapters here.

And don’t forget Dad on Sunday, June 21. By then you’ll have bought Radiant Angel, and have read it yourself. Now wrap it up for Dad. Don’t spill coffee on it. And don’t forget to make it an autographed copy by signing my name. Sample signature below. Easy to forge.

My friend Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) has invited me to address the Congressional Writers Caucus on Wednesday, May 20 in Washington D.C. where I will speak to a bipartisan group of about twenty members of the House of Representatives, all of whom are either published or aspiring writers.

Among the congressmen in attendance will be my good friend Peter King (R-NY) who has published a number of novels. Between Pete and I we’ve sold over forty million books.

Steve Israel has written a debut novel titled, The Global War on Morris which was published on December 30 last year. Both congressmen are excellent wordsmiths, and I urge you to look them up on Amazon or B&N, buy their books and put them in a higher tax bracket.

To my friends like Steve and Pete who write part time, I always advise, “Don’t give up the day job.” And to my friends who want to be writers, I advise, “Take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room and wait for the feeling to pass.”

On a more serious note, Monday, May 25 is Memorial Day, a day when we remember our war dead. The meaning of this day has been somewhat obscured over the years, but for those of us who served and those who have lost a loved one in uniform, this remains a solemn day of rememberance. So to those men with whom I served and who did not come home, I want to say, “You are remembered every day.” And for those of us who did come home, every day is a gift.

Well, here it is August already and the summer seems to be flying by. But we all say that every summer. Except in Australia and New Zealand where they say, “Well, here it is August already and the winter seems to be flying by.”

Anyway, I didn’t send a July Newsletter so if you got one it wasn’t from me. Check the signature.

Radiant Angel, as I may have mentioned in June, debuted at #1 on The New York Times and USA Today Best Sellers lists, and I want to thank everyone for buying the book and for all your very kind emails.

If you haven’t yet read Radiant Angel, you can click here for a couple of free chapters and see if you’d like to buy the #1 bestselling book in America, or if you’d rather sit alone in a corner at your next family gathering or cocktail party while everyone else discusses Radiant Angel. The choice is yours.

As I mentioned in June, I was chosen by the International Thriller Writers as ThrillerMaster of the Year. ThrillerFest was held at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, and I had the pleasure of reconnecting with a lot of old friends and meeting new and upcoming writers from all over the U.S., Canada, and Europe. My pal Scott Turow, last year’s ThrillerMaster, introduced me and I gave a wonderful acceptance speech, then walked off the stage and forgot my award. But someone found Scott with the award under his coat, then found me in the bar and gave it back to me. I’ve posted some pics on my social media pages.

On August 25, one of my earlier books, The Talbot Odyssey, will be reissued in mass market and trade paperback. Talbot is a Cold War thriller, and with a new Cold War brewing it’s an interesting look back in time. In fact, it’s almost a prequel to Radiant Angel and/or Wild Fire. Hope you enjoy it.

Also as I mentioned, Spencerville was reissued in July. My son, who is a screenwriter, is currently developing a feature-length screenplay for Spencerville which my agents will send to Hollywood in September. So if you haven’t read this book, get a copy and let me know your thoughts on it as a book and also as you envision it as a movie.

My cross-country publicity tour for Radiant Angel was a big success with huge crowds at all the airports to see me off, and to welcome me when I landed. Amazingly, hundreds of these people followed me on to my flights. Thanks to all of you for being there.

Thanks, too, to all the fans who came to my talks and book signings. Hope you had a good experience. And thanks to all the library directors, bookstore owners, managers and staff who made me feel so welcome. And special thanks to all the media escorts who met me at the airports and kept me on schedule during my time in their cities.

One of my stops on my tour was Dallas and while there I drove out to Fort Hood to do a book signing at the Post Exchange. Fort Hood is the home of the First Cavalry Division, my unit in Vietnam, so though I’d never been stationed at Hood, it was sort of a homecoming for me. The men and women who serve at Fort Hood and the PX staff were terrific, and I thanked them all for their service to our country.

Well, it’s good to be back home, enjoying the fruits of my labors and reading my press clippings, reviews, and fan mail. Now I take a short break and begin my next book. More about that in my September Newsletter.

My last public appearance for Radiant Angel will be on August 8 at the annual East Hampton Library Authors Night, held in East Hampton on Long Island. I and a hundred other authors will be signing their books under a big tent where wine and food will be served and you can mingle with the rich and famous. All proceeds go to the richest library in America. But seriously, we all need to support our public libraries and this is the premier author event of the summer in the Hamptons. Worth a trip from anywhere. To find me at my signing table, look for the long line.

Labor Day is approaching, which is the official end of summer (which is actually September 21, except in the southern hemisphere), and I hope you’ve had some great summer reading at the beach, pool, or backyard, sitting under the radiant sun as it angles across the angel-filled sky. Get it?

See you in September.

It is October already, and here in New York there’s a chill in the air. This is when I switch from vodka to scotch, and sit in front of the fireplace burning political campaign mail.

As I hinted in my September Newsletter, my next book is set in Cuba, and I am headed to Havana at the end of this month for research and inspiration.

I’ve traveled all over the world to do (tax deductible) research on my books, and this is the most interesting part of this otherwise deskbound job. I managed to get into trouble in Soviet-era Moscow researching The Charm School, and Communist-controlled Vietnam researching Up Country, and I see no reason why I won’t do the same in Castro’s Cuba.

I have a great T-shirt, given to me by a Cuban friend, that shows the pre-revolution Cuban flag and the words, “Cuba Si — Castro No,” which I’ll wear in Havana. Maybe under my polo shirt.

Hopefully you’ll hear from me in my November Newsletter — or read about me in the papers.

My son’s screenplay for Plum Island is still making the rounds in Hollywood and New York, and there are good indicators that at least two cable networks are interested. Also, a few major actors — who are fans of the John Corey series — have expressed interest. More when I hear.

October 12 was Columbus Day, and it was also Thanksgiving Day in Canada as my Canadian relatives reminded me. Also, October 12 is celebrated in Mexico as Day of the Race. I’m not sure what that is, but it could be fun if it involves Tequila. Let’s think about how to combine all three holidays in the U.S. Maybe we can have three Canada geese, named Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, having a swimming race in a tub of margaritas. Loser gets eaten.

And, of course, October 31 is Halloween, one of my favorite holidays. My nine-year-old wants to dress as an IRS agent to scare daddy. Funny kid.

Back to business: my nine reissued and rejacketed books: By the Rivers of Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Spencerville, Plum Island, The Lion’s Game, Night Fall, Wild Fire, and The Lion, have been selling very well and I thank you for buying them. Or, if you borrowed them from a friend or from the library, well, that’s okay, too. Your local bookstore will survive, and so will the publishing industry. And don’t give a second thought to all those men and women who work in paper mills, printing plants, ink production or shipping. They’ll be fine. Just go ahead and keep borrowing books. Not a problem. We’ll all be okay.

Also, my novel Cathedral will be reissued at the end of October. This was a huge bestseller when it was published in 1981 and the story of the Irish Republican Army seizing St. Patrick’s Cathedral during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is still riveting. All royalties from Cathedral go to the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Restoration Fund, and I go to heaven.

Well, that’s it for October. Hope you have a great Halloween, and hope your Columbus Day, Canadian Thanksgiving, and Day at the Race, was wonderful. Send me pictures.

See you, I hope, in November.