Interviews & Articles
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“What’s REALLY Behind Conspiracy Theories?” — CBS Sunday Morning interviews Gayle… “Spy novelist Gayle Lynds has made an entire career out of dreaming up conspiracies, hundreds of them. Her office, at home near Portland, Maine, is a breeding ground for conspiracies, filled to bursting with evil secrets and nefarious plots….” Watch the segment |
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Pen, Ink, and Crimes “Not Quite 20 Questions for Gayle Lynds.” Fab writer & fun pal Hank Phillip Ryan interviews Gayle Read Interview |
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“Gods, goddesses and Dumpster divers” Gayle was told nobody wanted to read spy novels by women. She proved them wrong in a big way. Early in her career she was often compared to Robert Ludlum, and then he issued an invitation…. “It was a chance to show I could write in the field,” she explains. “Nobody else would’ve chosen a woman in those years, but Ludlum did.” CrimeReads by Rick Pullen |
Ever wonder how a villain is created? In this short video, Gayle talks about how she accidentally created a major villain in the new collaborative novel, Watchlist. | |
Gayle was interviewed with two other writers in the Boston Globe about Russian spies. | |
Join Gayle and fellow thriller author Barry Eisler for an exciting interview with Kerry Miller of MPR — Minnesota Public Radio. |
Sinister Plotting with Gayle, Dennis Lehane, and Stuart Woods | |
Gayle Lynds, Dennis Lehane and Stuart Woods in an exciting 3-way Q&A on the creation of gripping plots. By Jillian Abbott of The Writer Magazine. | |
“A Down & Dirty Dialogue between Gayle Lynds & Sue Grafton” | |
In the shadow world of writing mystery and suspense novels, Sue Grafton and Gayle Lynds are two authors sitting pretty. (more) | |
Women Writers Infiltrate The Realm of Spy Novels | |
The Wall Street Journal puts Gayle on top of a growing field of female thriller authors. (more) |