NYT Bestselling Author of the Orphan X thrillers. Co-president, International Thriller Writers. I write TV, screenplays, and comics too. It beats working.
It is essential for Democrats to draw a line where behavior on the left is unacceptable regardless of anything to do with other political parties. As a lifelong Democrat I denounce this behavior.
#DrawTheLine
This is the type of street anarchy that routinely happens where I live. Here is video from 6 Oct showing Antifa directing traffic in downtown & threatening people who don’t obey with violence. Mayor
@tedwheeler
, who really runs this town?
Through my research writing spy thrillers and my pro bono political work, I've had the benefit of learning from people all across the political gamut. Whatever good will I may have earned I'd like to spend by recommending this email chain from Rep Elissa Slotkin 1/
We’ve been watching this thing in slow motion for months now. The Administration declassified unprecedented amounts of intel to try to prevent Putin from taking this course of action. But this man has a deeply distorted view of the world. 1/9
When I'm discussing polarization/politics, I'm often asked whether the media is to blame for all this. Which dodges the essential reality that WE are to blame for the media. 1/2
Just this second found out I made the New York Times Bestseller List for hardcover fiction for the first time! I've been lucky enough to get there for other categories but this is the biggy. It took me 20 novels and 20 years to get here. I owe it all to my readers. Thank you.
As Democrats, we have to be more responsible in our language. Sitting Congresspeople can't make claims backed by no evidence but "I'm pretty sure there's something happening there." We don't accept claims like that from Republicans. This isn't right.
On CNN, Ilhan Omar tries to defend tweet in which she called Lindsey Graham "compromised," saying, "I'm pretty sure there's something happening w/him...he is somehow compromised"
After host points out she has no evidence for her claim, Omar walks it back, says it's "her opinion"
And to augment this: Only those who have embraced the terrible self-knowledge that they could have taken part in historical atrocities might stand a chance of not participating in future atrocities.
It can happen here.
It IS happening here.
A commercial we released Oct 27.
The events of yesterday, as horrific and violating as they were, needed to be seen in full light of day. We cannot have reconciliation without truth. The truth is now undeniable.
Even to Pence.
It IS happening here — and the only way we can stop it is with a landslide Democratic victory. This is our moment, America. Stand up & make your voice heard. VOTE!!!
#ItCanHappenHere
#VoteBlue
"If it feels like society is crumbling under an onslaught of unprecedented new pressures and no one is willing to stand up and say the emperor has no clothes, bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz has a modest proposal: break the frame."
One of the deepest explorations of the human condition I’ve read. The perfect marriage of psychology and spirituality, Screwtape gives us a splendid, charming, satanic “how to” guide for pursing myriad paths for our corruption.
WE are the clickers and posters and readers and subscribers and viewers. They are servicing us and if we demand sugar highs rather than sustaining nutrition, that is precisely what they will feed us. 2/2
@NAChristakis
This is helpful and essential. Thank God for your training and expertise. Thank God we have people like you here now. Thank God you weren't canceled over Halloween costumes.
Who wants three more Orphan X books? I'm delighted to have re-upped with
@MinotaurBooks
through 2023. As long as you all keep reading X, I'll keep writing him.
I’m not urging you to blindly take on her positions.
But I can promise that she’s not a politician. She’s a stateswoman.
And she’s worth listening to. /6
I’ve known Representative Slotkin since she first ran for office. She served three tours in Iraq as a CIA analyst and also served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. 2/
A big thank you to Orphan X readers for putting Evan back on the New York Times Bestseller list with Prodigal Son! He sends pencak silat open-hand slaps of gratitude.
She is staggeringly smart, tough in every good way, and honest even when it’s inconvenient. I have never heard her say anything privately or publicly other than the truth as she understands it... 3/
Happy Independence Day! A good moment to remember that the vast majority of Americans agree on many core values, despite a politics and culture designed to weaponize our differences for power and profit. 1/
UNPLUG FROM THE MATRIX: The latest op ed from me and
@MHerskovitz
.
"This matrix of fear and loathing has flooded our lizard brains for the last four years, overwhelming our ability to differentiate fact from fiction."
It was the honor of a lifetime to help write the World Cup opening ceremony with pals Samar Ali and Laeta Kalogridis. So many nations and fans from the world over brought together by the beautiful game!
Politically you may be to the left of her. You may be to the right of her. You may have disagreed with her in the past. You may disagree with her now. Welcome. Given what we’re facing, we need all of the best ideas from all of our best parts. 5/
Though not a political writer, C.S. Lewis was a master diagnostician of the ills of an age, connecting spiritual meaning to the deeply psychological. Reading him is like reading Orwell, a great blast of genius from a past that is always present.
If I were to lead a virtual book club revisiting classics how many of you would be interested in joining? If we do it, should we read it over the course of a month or two months?
Can't convey how excited I am to collaborate with Scott Frank on this series of films based on my books. Now and then a writer lucks into a deal that promises pure joy and fun. Can't wait to get going.
Tom the Vodka Guy collected every single vodka mentioned in Orphan X books through INTO THE FIRE (except the multi-thousand dollar Stoli Himalayan). Quite a pretty lineup. Evan approves.
Descending into LA after the best book tour I’ve ever had. Big thanks to readers, listeners, booksellers, and librarians for making the launch of The Last Orphan such a delight.
Remember: Orphan X is out there!
I am disappointed having finished this book. Not because it’s badly written. Disappointed because it’s the last of the nine in the series. I hope Evan will be back in the future.
Book
#18
of 2024
The two best words in the English language?
Next time.
‘Next time’ means the world is wide open to you. ‘Next time’ is possibility. ‘Next time’ is freedom.
Here's to fresh starts.
Happy New Year!
And here are my resolutions for 2024...
Orphan X partakes of the world's finest vodkas. For now, he will only be drinking Ukrainian vodka. Might he recommend Nemiroff Lex? The name is Latin for "law" and is meant to evoke feelings of greatness, success, and courage for those who drink it.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: X readers are the best readers. Thanks for putting LONE WOLF at the top of a bunch of bestseller lists right outta the gates.
Thank you to all the Orphan X readers out there who made OUT OF THE DARK debut on the New York Times Bestseller list! I wake up every morning and ride a wave of gratitude to my desk because of all of you. Onward!
I need ammunition, "not a ride."
A painful blessing that we get to see a righteous and courageous leader in the face of the terrible. It's people like this who wake us up to history.
I haven't seen America this unified over anything in years.