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December Meeting with Award-Winning Author DAVID MORRELL; credits include "First Blood", the iconic novel that ignited "Rambo" movie series.

  • Saturday, December 05, 2015
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Rancho Mirage Library, Community Room

December 5th

*Award-Winning Author of "First Blood"

Meet Renowned & Distinguished Author within the Thriller Genre:

*N.Y. Times Bestselling Author

David Morrell

"Morrell, an absolute master of the thriller, plays by his own rules and leaves you dazzled"--Dean Koontz

David Morrell is the critically acclaimed author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. He holds a Ph. D. in American literature from Penn State and was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa. His numerous New York Times bestsellers include the classic spy novel, The Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for the only television mini-series to be broadcast after a Super Bowl). An Edgar and Anthony finalist, a Nero and Macavity winner, Morrell is a recipient of three Bram Stoker awards from the Horror Writers Association and the prestigious Thriller Master award from the International Thriller Writers organization. His writing book, The Successful Novelist: A Lifetime of Lessons about Writing and Publishing, discusses what he has learned in his more than four decades as an author. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Saturday, December 5, 2015

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Rancho Mirage Library, Community Room

David Morrell is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School for wilderness survival as well as the G. Gordon Liddy Academy of Corporate Security. Additionally, Mr. Morrell is an honorary lifetime member of the Special Operations Association and the Association of Intelligence Officers. He has been trained in firearms, hostage negotiation, assuming identities, executive protection, and defensive/offensive driving, among numerous other action skills that he describes in his novels. To research the aerial sequences in The Shimmer, Mr. Morrell became a private pilot; the training for which he describes here. In 2010, he was with the first group of authors to be sent on a USO tour to a war zone (Iraq).

Contact person for this meeting:

Ann Marie Biskar

PROGRAMS.PSWG@GMAIL.COM

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