Comments on: Pump Up Your Book Chats with Thriller Author James Hayman

By: Cheryl Malandrinos

Cheryl Malandrinos — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:26 +0000

Awesome! I am so excited. And when I read it I will post a review at my blog.

Thanks James!

Cheryl

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:59:09 +0000

Congratulations, Cheryl! James has picked you as the winner of a complimentary copy of The Cutting!

By: James Hayman

James Hayman — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:45:12 +0000

Hi Ellen

The plot idea came from a newspaper article I read about the international trade in illegal organs for transplant, mostly livers and kidneys.

After reading the article I did some further research and discovered that there is a chronic shortage of hearts available for transplant and that upwards of 2500 people a year die in the US every year waiting for donor hearts.

Because of the shortage, people in their 80’s are routinely turned down by approved transplant programs in favor of younger people.

So I asked myself, “What if.”

What if a billionaire in his 80’s was willing to pay almost any amount of money for a donor heart and what if he didn’t care too much where it came from? And what if there was an unscrupulous surgeon willing to do anything for money.

And that was the genesis of the story.

By: Ellen Christian

Ellen Christian — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:20:23 +0000

Thanks for answering all our questions. I’m curious where you came up with the idea for your current book?

By: James Hayman

James Hayman — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:07:59 +0000

Interesting question. I like the characters so I may stick with them for a while. At some point, and maybe fairly soon, I may want to do a book with McCabe’s partner, Maggie Savage as the lead character.

Basically in a series publishers like you do turn out one new book a year.

James

By: Cheryl Malandrinos

Cheryl Malandrinos — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Thanks for answering my questions, James. How many books to you have planned for this series?

By: James Hayman

James Hayman — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:00:33 +0000

The Cutting was my first book with St. Martin’s or any commercial publisher. And while I had written several non-fiction books The Cutting was my frist crack at fiction.

Yes, I did work with an agent. I think that’s it’s critical to have a good, well-connected agent if you want to attract a major publisher in today’s highly competitive marketplace.

I finished revisions to the second McCabe thriller, The Chill of Night, about a week ago and sent the revised manyscript both to my agent and my editor. St. Martin’s plans to bring The Chill out in hardcover under their Minotaur imprint in June/July 2010.

By: Dorothy Thompson

Dorothy Thompson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:49:06 +0000

Is this your first book with St. Martin’s, James? And did you work with an agent to get in?

By: Dorothy Thompson

Dorothy Thompson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:47:25 +0000

When’s your next book coming out, James…and will it be a thriller also?

By: James Hayman

James Hayman — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:40:17 +0000

As to who would play McCabe in the movies, I think Dominc West who plays McNultyon The Wire would be my first choice. Good looking, masculine and a memorable kind of guy.