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	First Thrills: High Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors Author: Lee Child, Steve Berry, Sean Michael Bailey, Ryan Brown, Ken Bruen, Bill Cameron, Rebecca Cantrell, Stephen Coonts, Jeffrey Deaver, Karen Dionne, JT Ellison, Theo Gangi, Rip Gerber, Heather Graham, Gregg Hurwitz, Joan Johnston, Alex Kava and Deb Carlin, John Lescroart, CJ Lyons, Grant Mackenzie, Michael Palmer and Daniel James Palmer, Marc Paoletti, Cynthia Robinson, Karin Slaughter, Kelli Stanley, Wendi Corsi Staub Published: June 22, 2010 by Tor/Forge Category: Anthology, short story, thriller, private eye, noir, historical New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has teamed up with the International Thriller Writers for First Thrills, a showcase of many of the organization’s bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre. First Thrills will include never-before-published stories by New York Times bestselling authors including Lee Child, Stephen Coonts, Jeffrey Deaver, Heather Graham, Joan Johnston, John Lescroart, Alex Kava and Deb Carlin, Michael Palmer (with Daniel James Palmer), Karin Slaughter, and Wendi Corsi Staub. This collection also serves as a great introduction to those whom the ITW has christened its rising stars, including Sean Michael Bailey, Ken Bruen, Ryan Brown, Bill Cameron, Rebecca Cantrell, Karen Dionne, JT Ellison, Theo Gangi, Rip Gerber, Gregg Hurwitz, CJ Lyons, Grant Mackenzie, Marc Paoletti, Cynthia Robinson, and Kelli Stanley. Kelli's contributing short story "Children's Day" is a haunting prequel to CITY OF DRAGONS. Set on Treasure Island, the man-made fantasy isle built for the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair, new private detective Miranda Corbie works the "Gayway", the amusement zone, protecting G-string queens and side-show midgets. Then a clown steals a little girl ... and the carnival just begins. April 3rd, 1939 is Children's Day at the Golden Gate International Exposition. The calliope is calling ...