Hundreds of books workshopped on TheNextBigWriter have been published, generating millions of dollars in royalties for their authors. Below are just some of the books workshopped on TheNextBigWriter that are now available for sale.
314 pages softcover and Kindle. Three Millennial friends seek true love after trying platonic relations, friends with benefits, and lesbian relations. When one is murdered, the two remaining seek answers and find the love they sought when and where least
by Gary Engler
The Year We Became Us is a novel about the 1962 Saskatchewan doctors’ strike as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. Roy, the son of a union activist, is a committed socialist and the best Little League pitcher in the entire
n her first book, Martin structures a family visit to the beach around a clever inversion of ``The Little Red Hen.'' Nobody helps Sara make her soup of seaweed (two kinds), snails, and ``smelly stuff'' from a beachcombing--her parents are busy putting on
by Sheriff Norm
A famous DJ walks out of a multi- million-dollar contract in 1989, unable to handle the new corporate policies. Meeting four disenfranchised, but brilliant youths, who feel stealing and hacking government and bank files are the only thing you can do in
A young boy’s life is torn apart in 1973 Vietnam when U.S. soldiers assault his fishing village, mistakenly thinking it’s a Viet Cong base. The scary image of a tattoo on the arm of one of the soldiers haunts Nguyen Chinh over the years as he rises to a p
by Gary Engler
A deceptively simple dance step, a short car ride across the border and manipulation of what you think — American Spin is all these. It is also an international mystery and political thriller in which the central character, Vancouver Sun reporter Waylon C
Westerner and master salesman Bill Hansen adopted Japan as his home. He effortlessly integrated himself into its culture, and lived a Japanese-inspired lifestyle. While on a packed train on his way home from work, he had a chance encounter with a Japanese
by Gary Engler
Waylon Choy, one of many journalists to lose their jobs as newspapers everywhere shrink, finds a woman dead from a drug overdose while on his morning jog through Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Nobody knows her real name or where she came from. Choy, who h
A missing 17-year-old girl. A brutally murdered scientist. The Express Investigations agency takes on both cases, as well as a friendly bet between husband-and-wife team, Lorenzo and Trix Várlumo. But it's more than a wager that stands to come between the
Treachery abounds. Will the situation deteriorate further as players follow their own agendas?
by michaelkent
Beaudry's reputation is faltering. He can't connect the dots. He's assigned to a case that has neither rhyme nor reason. As in a sandstorm, clues swirl around him, carrying only bad memories of his murdered mother. He's walking on eggs, Pat is unhappy tha
by Gary Engler
Despite previous brushes with death while investigating the extreme right in the time of Donald Trump, freelance journalist Waylon Choy once again finds himself trying to understand the murky alt-right world, this time in Canada. As he chases down those r
It's Mardi Gras season, and someone is killing girls at the Chateau Bayou. Express Investigations is on the case, whether the LAPD detectives like it or not. Ruby's past comes to call, but will it destroy her future?
by michaelkent
Vacations always zip by too fast. Homicide Detective Robert Beaudry’s two-week stay in the countryside with his Irish paramour Pat, ends abruptly. There’s a murder in the family of a close friend. Back on the job, the chief forbids Beaudry to get involve
by Sheriff Norm
They are people, but they were living stars of another universe before, one aware from where he came, she unaware. He desperately tries to make her aware singing her songs, telling her stories, and crying for help to other stars, knowing if she remains un
Rising from the ashes of pos-war Germany, CHEF TELL became America's first syndicated-TV chef. His mercurial life, quick-cooking, and humorous personality captured the hearts and minds of his 40-million Baby Boomers fan base. 452 pages. Hardcover, Kindle,
by Ann Everett
Stronger verb choices listed in alphabetical order for everyday verbs such as enter, walk, ran, took, etc.
When twelve-year-old Craig Fletcher is first attracted to his classmate, Laura Forsythe, he has no idea that his unrequited puppy love will develop over the next twenty years into an addiction to the seductive woman Laura becomes, a siren whose call he ca
by michaelkent
A biker finds the body of a woman jogger on a mountain trail. Easy first clues point to her boyfriend. When a ten-year-old girl is abducted, Beaudry’s case turns into something far uglier. He’s about to break a detective's first rule. Never get involved w
Cancer is scary for the brave but downright terrifying for a wimp, like Antoinette. HUG EVERYONE YOU KNOW is a memoir about how Antoinette navigated her first year of breast cancer treatment. She journaled and emailed family and friends she called My
by MichaelJMac
Michael Rudy leaves is life as an assassin behind only to find his life does not become easier.
Stories that take you on a mysterious journey to Mars and a planet inhabited by descendants of humans and aliens. A book describing Europe during an epidemic, with an all-powerful European Security Service keeping the peace. Tales of an investigation into
by Seabrass
Unity Fleet Tac-team Captain Axel Fargo has one last shot at his nemesis, master chaotist Hetz, but his best may not be good enough...
A lantern wielding ghost, a Civil War era village practicing human sacrifice, and soul stealing demons haunt the Hocking Hills of southern Ohio. In The Ghosts of Lake Hope, Allen T. Grimes, author the suspense thriller, The Face of the Deep, brings you th
Stories and poems from the World of the Sidhe.
Recently unearthed in an Egyptian tomb, Salome’s Charger is seen by many as the greatest archaeological discovery of the 21st Century. That is, until a student is murdered and the charger and its top researching scientist disappear. Now treasure hunters,