Scott D. Parker: Writer

Clive Cussler is one of those authors I admire. He cut his teeth on his Dirk Pitt novels before expanding his universe to include the NUMA...

When I asked my fellow science fiction book club friend how he came to select PROJECT: NEMESIS by Jeremy Robinson, he said he was looking ...

Almost from the day it was announced, I knew I wanted to read THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING by Bill Clinton and James Patterson. On the one han...

I'm a book dork. Are you? I’ve read many, but not all, of Michael Crichton’s novels, but CONGO was one I had missed. I have the ...

The news of Anthony Bourdain's death early this morning Houston time was one of those events you hoped beyond hope was false. Sadly, i...

Ninety-nine days. That’s the length of Summer 2018. Traditionally, Memorial Day (today!) kicks off the summer while Labor Day closes it out...

One thing immediately stood out when I went to download the fifth book in the Travis McGee series, A DEADLY SHADE OF GOLD: it was nearly t...

(A funny thing happened when I went to Audible to download the fifth Travis McGee novel, A DEADLY SHADE OF GOLD, by John D. MacDonald: I lea...

Come on. Are you kidding me? How good is John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee stories? Yeah, I know that many of y’all already know about McGe...

Travis McGee. His name is legendary in the annals of detective fiction, yet I had never read a single word about him. But his presence was...

Many times, we writers invent characters to project our greatest fantasies upon. Wish you were a World War II spy? Invent one. Wish you ...

Sometimes, a little known fact in history can spark an entire story. THE ESCAPE ARTIST is the latest novel by Meltzer, a man who has a h...

I’ve been planning out the new 2018 changes for my writing business and a question came to mind: when it comes to our online presence, are r...

At my book club this past Tuesday, we discussed Andy Weir’s new novel, ARTEMIS. Generally, we all liked it. The grades for all five of us av...

Justice. That’s the one word that comes to mind when I watched the recently documentary by Mark Tyler Nobleman about the life of Bill Fing...

(The news of Kevin Smith's near fatal heart attack stunned me yesterday. He's a little under two years younger than I am. His heart...

THE BLACK FALCON is not only the fourth Shadow novel I’ve read in 2018 but my fourth one overall. And, to date, it might be my favorite fo...

In the third Shadow novel I’ve read (actually heard; thanks Audible!), THE ROMANOFF JEWELS begins in the apartment full of wealthy men. Au...

Eighty-five years ago today, Doc Savage landed on magazine shelves for the first time and, one might argue, helped change popular cultur...

Even when you know the ending was approaching, it doesn’t lessen the impact when it arrives. Bill Crider passed away last night. My deepest ...