FacttoFiction | L M Whitaker

Scientists Put a Movie in DNA. I Had Questions.

How a real experiment inspired my new thriller, Carbon Secrets. On From Fact To Fiction, we review fantastic specialty thrillers, and unravel fact from fiction. This month, From Fact to Fiction gets up close and personal as we talk about my own novel, Carbon Secrets, the third book in the Georgia Steele thriller series. Joining me is my longtime friend Jennifer Milch—a data executive, former stand-up comic, and wonderfully smart and sassy lady who’s read all three Georgia Ste

Linda Whitaker

Sep 261 min read

A Cult Life

T.O. Paine describes his life in the cult that inspired his thriller, The Teaching. On From Fact To Fiction, we review fantastic specialty thrillers, and unravel fact from fiction. In this episode of From Fact to Fiction, I talk with author T.O. Paine about his real-life experience living inside a cult—and how those experiences shaped his thriller The Teaching. Discover: What actually defines a cult (and why it’s hard to pin down) The difference between peaceful and destructi

Linda Whitaker

Jul 281 min read

A Tenuous Line of Succession

Bruns and Olson pull back the curtain on Russia’s true power structure in this vivid national security thriller. On From Fact To Fiction , we review fantastic specialty thrillers, and unravel fact from fiction. In this episode, I am joined by authors and experts David Bruns and J.R. Olson to discuss their novel Line of Succession , a thriller about an attempted assassination on the Russian president. David and J.R. are the perfect pair to write these stories. David spent six

Linda Whitaker

Feb 51 min read