| Brad Thor | |
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| Born | 1969 Chicago |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | Modern |
| Genres | spy novel, thriller |
| Notable work(s) | Scot Harvath Series |
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www.bradthor.com |
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Brad Thor (born 1969) is a thriller novelist[1] and author of The Lions of Lucerne, Path of the Assassin, State of the Union, Blowback, Takedown, The First Commandment, The Last Patriot, The Apostle, Foreign Influence, The Athena Project and Full Black. His novels have been published in countries around the world. He also contributed a short story entitled "The Athens Solution" to the James Patterson-edited anthology, Thriller.
The Last Patriot was nominated for "Best Thriller of the Year" by the International Thriller Writers Association.[2] His novel Blowback was voted by National Public Radio listeners as one of the "100 Best Ever" Killer Thrillers.[3][4]
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Thor is a graduate of the Sacred Heart Schools, the Francis W. Parker School (Chicago), and the University of Southern California (cum laude), where he studied creative writing under author T.C. Boyle.[5]
Prior to becoming a novelist, he was the award-winning creator, producer, writer, and host of the national public television series Traveling Lite.[6]
Thor is a member of The Heritage Foundation and has spoken at their national headquarters on the need for robust missile defense.[7] Thor has served as a member of the United States Department of Homeland Security's Analytic Red Cell Unit,[8] is a Fellow of the Alexandrian Defense Group,[9] and is a frequent television and cable news commentator.
Thor has said in interviews that he shadowed a Black ops team in Afghanistan in 2008 to conduct research for his thriller, The Apostle.[10][11]
Thor is a regular contributor to the Glenn Beck television program and has appeared on other Fox News Channel shows, as well as on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and PBS to discuss terrorism and parallels between his novels and real threats facing the world today.
On June 17, 2009, Thor hosted a one-hour "Insider Special" for Beck's radio show. He also blogs for Andrew Breitbart's BIG sites.[12][13][14][15]
Warner Bros. has purchased the rights to both Thor's Scot Harvath and his The Athena Project books to develop action-thriller movie franchises for the studio.[16][17]
Because of the content of Thor's thriller The Last Patriot, Beck predicted he might be assassinated by Muslim extremists.[18] Thor has been referred to by WorldNetDaily as "the new Salman Rushdie.[19]
Robert D. Crane, a Muslim convert and one-time aide to Richard Nixon, called the novel, "Islamophobia," "a subliminal mimetic," and an "emotional demonization of Islam and Muslims."[20] In response, Robert Spencer criticized Crane's article.[21]
The novel is said to have been banned in Saudi Arabia.[22][23]
His novels have been published in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.