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On Writing a “Series”
Some Choose Darkness Available Now in paperback format. SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS Readers frequently ask if any of my characters will come...
Charlie Donlea
Jan 24, 2020


Spring🌴Break, Beach Reads 📚 & An Early Father's Day 👔 Present
I’m a beach reader. My wife and I have been going on beach vacations since we visited the Cayman Islands on our Honeymoon where I laid on...
Charlie Donlea
Jun 15, 2019


Beach Reads by Charlie Donlea
When I was invited to write a post about Beach Reads for the July Kensington newsletter, I reflected back to when I was an aspiring...
Charlie Donlea
Apr 22, 2019


The Making of a (Fictional) True Crime Story. Charlie Donlea with Criminal Element
True Crime Thursday. (Flash Back) Read Charlie Donlea's exclusive guest post about his love for true crime and how it inspired his latest...
Charlie Donlea
Mar 26, 2019


THE TRUE-CRIME ADDICTION
To celebrate the paperback release of Don’t Believe It, which follows a true-crime documentary filmmaker as she hunts for answers to a...
Charlie Donlea
Mar 22, 2019


The Many Faces Of Don't Believe It
Spring News. "The Vacation Read of the Season" Passport ✓ Boarding pass ✓ Beach Read ✓ Coming March 26, 2019 Mass Market...
Charlie Donlea
Mar 20, 2019


10 Contemporary Authors Who Write Gripping Suspense.
Mystery books capture the imaginations of readers around the world with compelling plots, interesting characters, and unexpected twists...
Charlie Donlea
Nov 30, 2018


After multiple rejections, Cary author pens 3 novels in less than 3 years
“Why am I even writing this?” he wondered to himself. Charlie Donlea had just received a rejection on the third manuscript of a thriller...
Charlie Donlea
Jul 9, 2018


A.J. Finn and Charlie Donlea attend the 25th São Paulo Book Fair
Two great thriller writers and sales phenomena will be in Brazil for the first time to attend the 25th São Paulo Book Fair: A.J. Finn,...
Charlie Donlea
Jul 6, 2018


"DBI is a page-turner, and that accolade carries to the very last page and the very last line."
A Book Review by New York Journal of Books. Charlie's Donlea's latest novel —Don't Believe It. By: Toni V. Sweeney In 2007, Grace Sebold...
Charlie Donlea
Jun 25, 2018


The Making of a (Fictional) True Crime Story. Charlie Donlea with Criminal Element
True Crime Thursday. Read Charlie Donlea's exclusive guest post about his love for true crime and how it inspired his latest thriller,...
Charlie Donlea
Jun 12, 2018


Dangerous Disappearing Acts, With Killers in Pursuit. NYT Book Review
CRIME. Roundups of crime novels by Marilyn Stasio in The New York Times Book Review. A version of this article appears in print on June...
Charlie Donlea
Jun 10, 2018


Charlie Donlea on Writing the Fictional, Literary Answer to True Crime Docu-Dramas
Over the past few years, podcasts and television shows like Serial and Netflix’s Making A Murderer have taken over the country, if not...
Charlie Donlea
Jun 8, 2018


Don't Believe It and John Grisham
How THE FIRM inspired the setting for my third thriller In the early ‘90s, John Grisham published a novel called The Firm. In it, a shady...
Charlie Donlea
May 30, 2018


Interview with Author Charlie Donlea
1) Some authors like to make an argument or address an issue when they write. Is there an issue that you're addressing with your book? If...
Charlie Donlea
May 27, 2018


True Crime And Pop Culture- An Interview With International Best Selling Author Charlie Donlea
Zen Parenting Radio Podcast #436. By Todd Adamson May 25, 2018 Cathy and Todd talk with International Best-Selling Author Charlie Donlea....
Charlie Donlea
May 27, 2018


Suspense Radio Interview with Author Charlie Donlea by John Raab
May 26th, 2018. Broadcast in Books. Blog Talk Radio. We have 60 minutes of great radio today. Charlie Donlea will be first and then we...
Charlie Donlea
May 27, 2018


Don’t Believe It— in three words: Multi-layered, Skillful and Gripping
Book Review —Novel Gossip Blogger 5/of 5 Stars If you’re one of the millions of people who loved Serial or Making a Murderer then you...
Charlie Donlea
May 5, 2018


"Donlea taps into the true crime zeitgeist with this thriller."
AU Review: Pile By the Bed. Charlie Donlea turns his attention to true crime in his latest stand alone thriller Don’t Believe It. He...
Charlie Donlea
May 4, 2018


POPSUGAR Book Club: 5 of May's Best New Reads
Welcome to the POPSUGAR Book Club, a monthly series that highlights the most buzzed-about book releases and authors. Few things are...
Charlie Donlea
May 1, 2018
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