Writing’s Not Such a Silent Art After All

Michael talks to Audible about the sound on the page with writers like Michael Connelly Books, Stephen King, Alafair Burke, Dean Koontz, and Megan Abbott Books. The Voices Tell Me What To Do Writing’s not such a silent art after all. The bestselling author...

Huffington Post: Koryta’s Talent is No Fluke

Koryta’s RISE THE DARK Proves His Talent Is No Fluke BY Jackie K. Cooper, August 20, 2016 Last year I stumbled across the novel LAST WORDS by Michael Koryta. I really enjoyed the story and enjoyed the author’s talent. However I thought possibly this one novel was a...

The New York Times Finds Eerie Thrills in Rise the Dark

The Latest and Best in Crime Fiction By MARILYN STASIO, August 19, 2016 Welcome to Michael Koryta’s latest nightmare. In RISE THE DARK, Eli Pate, a self-anointed messiah capable of calling up a homegrown army of “more than 200 heavily armed and deeply paranoid white...

Michael Talks with the Indy Star

Michael talks with the IndyStar and shares how his father’s job at Indiana University influenced parts of the plot in Rise the Dark. Electric thrills guide Michael Koryta’s ‘Rise the Dark’ By David Lindquist,  August 16, 2016 In new novel “Rise the...

AP: Rise the Dark is “Filled with Suspense”

In the Associated Press’ review of Rise the Dark, they say “Koryta has a gift for terrific suspense that immerses the reader while also delivering prose that almost reads like poetry.” Here’s the full review by the AP from the Star Tribune :...