Chris Mooney

CHRIS MOONEY is the internationally bestselling author of twelve novels, including Blood World (August 18, 2020; Berkley/Penguin Random House). His books have been chosen as a main selection of the International Book of the Month Club, become an instant bestseller in more than thirteen countries, been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel by the Mystery Writer’s Association, sold nearly two million copies and been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and son and teaches writing courses at the Harvard Extension School and Summer Writing Program. You can connect with him online at chrismooneybooks.com.

“Don’t Run from the Pain” by Chris Mooney, author of Blood World

By Chris Mooney

August 18, 2020

In early 1996, I finally landed my first agent, a wonderful woman named Pam Bernstein, who shopped my debut thriller around to several publishers, all of whom turned it down because the book needed editorial work. Pam suggested an independent editor read the book, and she had just the person in mind—a man by the…