"A smart, sophisticated, and inventive thriller, THE ZODIAC DECEPTION is an utterly convincing and compelling debut. The effort Kriss put into the story shows — and the relationship between Max, double agent and Nazi filmmaker, and Peter, the con man who must assassinate Hitler, is one for the ages. Don’t miss it."
-J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN SHADOWS FALL

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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Next #NaNoWriMo Holy #Writing Commandment: Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s point of view but cleave only unto the one thou hast chosen. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #NaNoWriMo Holy #Writing Commandment:Thou shall not commit adulteration through prologues, excessive backstories or other such abominations. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Today's #NaNoWriMo Sacred #Writing Commandment for #novelists, one of ten: I am the Verb. Thou shall have no adverbs before Me. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Nice Q&A with #Bruce on #books at http://t.co/pLTLSNEs1d. Thompson, O'Connor, Cain, Marquez... . Forget heart. The Boss has a hungry head. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Another #NaNoWriMo Sacred #Writing Commandment: Thou shall #write about what thou knows with the possible exception of thy neighbor's wife. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | For #NaNoWriMo: The 10 inviolable Commandments recorded in all sacred #writing #Books ? I'll start:Thou shall not tell, but show. Your turn. | 6 years 5 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Mastodon_70 @Beardasauras Sitting in my favorite coffee shop working on it right now, Pete. | 6 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @Mastodon_70: @Beardasauras This was my favorite book so far this year. Debut novel by @garykrisswrites https://t.co/hxJ0dPzOYV | 6 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Mastodon_70 @Beardasauras Thanks much, Pete, I'm honored! | 6 years 6 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @SevickBrown The brain. | 6 years 7 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | RT @ReadingRock: JT Ellison's newest books are in paperback! We <3 you,@thrillerchick! http://t.co/QnI9Kehylx | 6 years 7 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Mastodon_70 Hey, Pete, sorry for the delayed response. Thanks much for the kind words. They're greatly appreciated. Next one in progress. | 6 years 9 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Any #author can have a blood on the keys #writing day like mine. Just be a two-fingered typist stupid enough to use a #mandolin beforehand. | 6 years 9 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #thrillerfest2014 banquet memo: chew like internal monologue; use steak not butter knife to cut adverbs; do not dangle participle at table. | 6 years 9 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Heading for #thrillerfest2014 banquet to mingle with the masters. In the immortal words of the great Wayne & Garth . . . | 6 years 9 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Writing and an 11 year-old comes in wearing #Google Glass so I try it. Tell it to finish my next #novel but it won't. Just saved $2000! | 6 years 9 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | @Writing and an 11 year-old comes in wearing @Google Glass so I try it. Tell it to finish my next @novel but it won't. Just saved $2000! | 6 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Suggested #reading for today and beyond: #Ulysses and Us by Declan #Kiberd. #Joyce's #masterpiece and it's #wisdom for our everyday lives. | 6 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Bloomsday! #Gorgonzola #Cheese #sandwiches and #burgundy for all! What say you? yes I said yes I will Yes. | 6 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | #Novel #ratings: Is the fault, dear #authors, in ourselves or in our #stars? | 6 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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"Gary Kriss is a brilliant new talent who has written a literate, complex, historical thriller filled with truly slimy villains, taut nail-biting suspense and snappy good guys you are going to like a lot. Thanks, Gary, for a terrific fun read!”
—Stephen Coonts , New York Times bestselling author of Pirate Alley
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"A refreshingly inventive, exciting WWII thriller. A con artist taught escapes by Houdini, spiritualism tricks by Conan Doyle and Method acting by Stanislavski, his desperate mission takes him from Berlin to Paris to the deserts of North Africa and the intrigues of Cairo. It's unlike anything you've read before."
—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder as a Fine Art