{"id":759,"date":"2022-12-23T10:51:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landmarkbooksellers.com\/?post_type=local_author&#038;p=759"},"modified":"2022-12-23T10:51:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:51:57","slug":"brad-thor","status":"publish","type":"local_author","link":"https:\/\/www.landmarkbooksellers.com\/local-author\/brad-thor\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Thor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BRAD THOR is the #1\u00a0<i>New York Times\u00a0<\/i>bestselling author of twenty-two thrillers, including <strong>RISING TIGER<\/strong>, <b>BLACK ICE<\/b><b><\/b>\u00a0(ThrillerFix Best Thriller of the Year),\u00a0<b>NEAR DARK<\/b><b><\/b>\u00a0(one of\u00a0<i>Suspense Magazine<\/i>\u2019s Best Books of the Year), <b>BACKLASH<\/b><b><\/b>\u00a0(nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller of the Year),\u00a0<b>SPYMASTER<\/b><b><\/b>\u00a0(\u201cOne of the all-time best thriller novels\u201d \u2014<i>The Washington Times<\/i>),\u00a0<b>THE LAST PATRIOT<\/b><b><\/b>\u00a0(nominated Best Thriller of the Year by the International Thriller Writers Association), and\u00a0<b>BLOWBACK<\/b><b><\/b>\u00a0(one of the \u201cTop 100 Killer Thrillers of All Time\u201d \u2014NPR).<\/p>\n<p>Brad has served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Analytic Red Cell Unit. He has also lectured to law enforcement organizations on over-the-horizon\/future threats, and has been a keynote speaker for the National Tactical Officers Association annual conference.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Brad shadowed a Black Ops team in Afghanistan to research his thriller, The Apostle.<\/p>\n<p>Brad graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California where he studied creative writing, film, and television production. 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