Please share some of your background:
I’ve been working in the supply chain and logistics field for twenty years, but I had my debut political spy thriller, Surviving The Lion’s Den, published in October 2021. I owe my success as a writer in large part to Vince Flynn whose writing inspired me.
When did you start reading Mitch Rapp?
I was on an elevator one day at work talking with someone who I had never seen before and have never seen again. I mentioned that I liked reading spy novels and he suggested Vince Flynn. After reading Act Of Treason, I immediately purchased all of Vince’s preceding novels. In a way, my literary journey started that day. To this day, I still believe that my meeting that man on the elevator was Divine intervention.
Which book is your favorite?
Protect And Defend because it had the heaviest plot about Iran, and when Irene Kennedy got kidnapped, it allowed us to see the darkest part of Mitch Rapp.
Do you have a favorite character?
Other than Mitch? Stan Hurley he was one tough SOB, was one of the few people Mitch respected, was a wild card, and probably had some of the coolest stories to tell over drinks.
If you could be any character in Vince's novels, who would it be and why?
Thomas Stanfield because he knew everyone’s secrets, knew we’re all the bodies were buried (political or literal), and was the one person the Mitch respected enough to never try and cross.
Is there anything else you would like to share relating to Mitch Rapp, Vince or Kyle?
I hated reading in high school and college simply because of the novels that I was assigned to read. Vince Flynn’s novels not only brought be back to the literary world, but ensured that I’ve stayed for eternity. I couldn’t have become the writer that I am today with Vince Flynn. His influences on me are too many to be counted. My only regret is that I never got to meet him personally.
