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Spy thrillers vary tremendously, from James Bond to Jason Bourne, to Pike Logan, Scot Horvath, and my own Petra Shirazi. This genre captivates us because

Every writer I know—bestsellers, debut authors, even myself at 50,000 words into a manuscript—has faced the same paralyzing thought: I can’t write today. That’s writer’s

One of the most common compliments I receive from readers isn’t about the twists in my spy thrillers, but about Petra Shirazi. They tell me

I still remember the jolt of adrenaline the first time a reader told me they missed their subway stop because they were “too deep in

Writing international thrillers was never on my five-year plan. I was busy analyzing infrastructure loans in Madagascar and drafting policy memos in Washington, D.C., hardly