About Us

The SilverBack Publishing team consists of a group of award-winning authors and publishing marketers, along with leading reviewers.

James B. Abt

James is an award-winning marketer with more than 25 years of experience promoting a wide range of books, from self-published novels to numerous New York Times #1 bestsellers. He is also a partner in Best Thriller Books.

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Steve Stratton

Steve Stratton is an award-winning author of the Lance Bear Wolf series. Prior to becoming an author, Steve worked at the White House Communications Agency, then moved to the US Secret Service, before leaving for the private sector.

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Terrence McCauley

Terrence McCauley is an award-winning and #1 bestselling author of Thrillers, Crime Fiction and Westerns. He is a member of the New York City chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, the International Crime Writers Association, the Military Writers Society of America and the Western Writers of America.

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Kerry Schafer

Kerry is a bestselling author who also writes under the name Kerry Anne King. She also specializes in book formatting and produces podcasts, including Spies, Lies and Private Eyes.

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Christian Storm

Christian has designed hundreds of covers for bestselling and award-winning books for top publishing houses (Penguin Group, Macmillan, and HarperCollins).

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Peter Rozovsky

A fixture in the crime-fiction community for decades, Peter is a professional copy editor and proofreader. He has been a moderator at several crime-fiction conferences and organized one of the first Noir at the Bar events in Philadelphia.

Steve Netter

Steve is a partner in Best Thriller Books where he has reviewed about 250 books in the last three years. He is a huge sports fan, addicted to good food, appreciates live theatre, enjoys camping/hiking and loves reading thrillers and military non-fiction.

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J. Todd Wilkins

Todd is a partner in Best Thriller Books where he has reviewed more than 150 in the last three years. He is a massive soccer fan (#HalaMadrid), BBQ aficionado, and book nerd.

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Chris Miller

Chris is a partner in Best Thriller Books where he has reviewed about 150 books in the last three years. He is a 14-year Navy Veteran with a coffee and golf addiction, along with reading 365 days out of the year.

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