Join bestselling author Jane Healey on The Jane Healey Happy Hour as she talks with U.S. Air Force veteran John Edward Collins about his debut novel, The Interdictionist, a Cold War military thriller inspired by his own experiences as an NSA cryptologist in West Germany. Collins shares the remarkable story behind the book, including how the NSA required him to submit both his memoir and novel for review decades after his service. The conversation explores the realities of Cold War intelligence work, the transition from memoir to fiction, and the family history and European travels that helped shape the novel’s setting and characters.
