2017 was a successful year for many of the writers with whom I worked on book proposals, manuscripts and publishing strategies. Here is a partial list of their awards and forthcoming or recently published books.

Knuckle-biting suspense, breath-quickening action, an audaciously bold protagonist. Perhaps these aren’t things that come to mind when you think of a business book. We expect business books to dispense advice; thrillers to entertain. But just as a good thriller can have the ancillary purpose of instructing you on such things as how to escape a moving car or defend yourself with a pencil, why can’t a thriller keep you at the edge of your seat as it doles out its lessons?