"As if the roster of writers in this collection isn't thrilling enough, their stories titillate, chill, and scare the living daylights out of the reader. Take a deep breath. . .because normal breathing will be impossible as you race through the stories in "First Thrills.""--Sandra Brown, "New York"" Times" bestselling author of "Unspeakable"

"An action-packed volume showcasing the best thriller authors of today and tomorrow."--David Morrell, "New York"" Times" bestselling author of "Creepers"

"This is hands down one of the best short story collections you're ever likely to read."--"Booklist," starred review

As if the roster of writers in this collection isn't thrilling enough, their stories titillate, chill, and scare the living daylights out of the reader. Take a deep breath. . .because normal breathing will be impossible as you race through the stories in "First Thrills." "Sandra Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Unspeakable"

An action-packed volume showcasing the best thriller authors of today and tomorrow. "David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Creepers"

This is hands down one of the best short story collections you're ever likely to read. "Booklist, starred review""

"As if the roster of writers in this collection isn't thrilling enough, their stories titillate, chill, and scare the living daylights out of the reader. Take a deep breath. . .because normal breathing will be impossible as you race through the stories in First Thrills." --Sandra Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Unspeakable

"An action-packed volume showcasing the best thriller authors of today and tomorrow." --David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Creepers

"This is hands down one of the best short story collections you're ever likely to read." --Booklist, starred review

The International Thriller Writers is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as "thrillers." This would include (but isn't limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas.

ITW's mission is "To bestow recognition and promote the thriller genre at an innovative and superior level for and through our Active members; to provide opportunities for mentoring, education and collegiality among thriller authors and industry professionals; and to grant awards for excellence in the thriller genre."

One of the main purposes of the organization is to provide a way for successful, bestselling authors to help debut and midlist authors advance their careers. To that end, ITW has designed numerous, effective programs and events which promote debut and midlist writers and their work, sometimes in partnership with bestselling authors. In addition, ITW promotes literacy, gives money to worthy organizations, supports libraries, and advances the genre. Finally, it brings together almost a thousand writers, readers, publishers, editors and agents at its annual conference, ThrillerFest, as well as at CraftFest, a writing workshop program, and AgentFest, where aspiring authors can meet and pitch top literary agents.