Alden Globe
@aldenglobeauthor
Author, Maps Private Value thrillers. Lifelong reader of thrillers, history, and biographies. Grew up in Marblehead, MA., and Toronto. Studied philosophy at the University of Toronto, Law at UNH. www.aldenglobe.com
Deep, emotional compulsions drive thriller authors to document lived experiences and turn observations of small moments in life into best-selling thrillers. Thrillerfest in New York this week, a pleasure to spend time with so many talented artists. thrillerwriters.org
“Daughter of Mars? Daughter of the Storm? There were stories about these books…” “It's true. All of it. Value Engineering, the VE’s. They're real."
Middle East war constricting supply of Helium used to cool silicon wafers during the production of computer chips... ripped from the pages of Daughter of the Storm. #writingcommunity #BookSky #authorchat #WriteSky
Book‑focused recommendation sites Goodreads, Reedsy, and BookBub play a role, as do programs like Amazon Prime Reading. Independent bookstores remain influential. Positive reviews on Amazon and other platforms are critical to independent authors. www.aldenglobe.com #authorbrandchallenge #booksky
Ideal readers of Maps Private Value follow how tech shapes culture and society. Rave’s audience includes women 25+ who belive truth matters, moral choices matter, and courage is required to confront illicit drugs, climate change, and AI www.aldenglobe.com #authorbrandchallenge
Help independent authors market their work: choose your seven favorite BOOK COVERS from this list, selected by Bedside Reading for their annual book cover awards. Voting closes January 14th. www.bedsidereading.com/vote.html #booksky
First holiday without the dynamic duo, Ski Boot and Truffles, who would have turned 17 this month. Final photo. Famous in the neighborhood for their sweet and loving disposition. I miss them both.
In the introduction to thriller Daughter of Mars, I draw a steel thread from the Old China Trade in opium following the American Revolution, through the rise of fentanyl, to this week's US military invasion of a Mexican beach. a.co/d/6RdkYpX
Ripped from the pages of Daughter of Mars. Rave Maps' efforts to interdict fentanyl result in an unexpected US airstrike on a Mexican beach. a.co/d/6RdkYpX
Daughter of the Storm featured in November at Serendipity Labs in Stamford, CT. #booksky
Blazing Saddles: most Gen Z thing I saw in Cabo over the weekend was checking messages on horseback.
Author notebook: researching details for new Rave Maps thriller I learned of the Rolls-Royce Goldfinger edition loaded with playful references to the 1964 007 film, including a gold golf putter mounted under the trunk lid inscribed with my initials: "AG"
Readers love Abanob Mansour's cover for 'Daughter of Mars.' He captured VE Rave Maps effort to raise the alarm about fake pharmaceuticals containing illicit fentanyl as the scourge spreads beyond Earth in 2029. @bedsidereading.bsky.social #bookcoverawards Audiobooks on Spotify: lnkd.in/gkpmWJPB
Global Book Awards announce Daughter of Mars won Bronze in Thrillers - Crime category. Maps commented: “There are good ships, and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea. But the best ships, are friendships, and may they always be.” globalbookawards2025all.spread.name?filter=BookC...
Rave Maps book club fans dressed in character are the ones who always find a way to keep putting the “steam” in “Steamboat.”
Daughter of Mars at the Capri in the Hamptons this weekend courtesy Bedside Reading summer program. Book 3 (fentanyl) in the series, the novel was just announced a finalist for 2025 Global Book Awards. Here's a 12-minute podcast discussion of the plot. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/def...
Clearly, my interest in designing luxury menswear goes a long way back. In 1979 I proposed the versatile Snack Shirt that "Brings the Party to You!" I'm sure this would have taken off if we'd had social media back in the day. Clip from University of Toronto "the newspaper."
A well-thumbed copy of Value Never Sleeps in the wild. Des Moines, IA. AQI 140 across the Midwest due to wildfire smoke from Canada yesterday. As described in Book 2 Daughter of the Storm.
AI discusses AI. This AI podcast features synthetic moderators analyzing the AI-driven plot of Daughter of the Cloud. 12-minute audio. I found it spot-on, illuminating, and surprising all at once. See what you think. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/def...