Award-winning author Isabella Maldonado wore a gun and a badge for two decades in real life before turning her talents to writing about crime, rather than chasing criminals.
Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Isabella talks about how The Cipher, the first book in her series featuring FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera, is currently in development with Netflix starring Jennifer Lopez. She talks about how she came to crack the thriller suspense market.
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What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions.
Links in this episode:
Nina Guerrera Series: https://isabellamaldonado.com/fbi-special-agent-guerrera-series/
J Lo Production Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuyorican_ProductionsBrad Thor: https://bradthor.com/Greg Hurwitz: https://gregghurwitz.net/Orphan X series: https://us.macmillan.com/series/orphanxJA Jance: (On Binge Reading) https://thejoysofbingereading.com/in-the-cross-hairs-j-a-jance/JA Jance: https://www.jajance.com/
Susan Kiernan-Lewis: Next week on Binge Reading: https://susankiernanlewis.com/
Where to find Isabella Maldonado:Website: https://isabellamaldonado.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorisabella/Facebook: @authorisabellaTwitter: https://twitter.com/authorbella1Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabella-maldonado-b8474b150/Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6436742.Isabella_MaldonadoAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/Isabella-Maldonado/e/B06Y5LYNQRBookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/isabella-maldonado?list=about
Introducing crime writer and thriller author Isabella Maldonado
Isabella Maldonado - crime fighter to crime writer
But now, here’s Isabella.Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Isabella, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.Isabella Maldonado: It's my pleasure to be here.Jenny Wheeler: You are a former police officer. You had over two decades in the Force, and you're also a graduate of the FBI National Agency at Quantico.
It seems that background has enabled you to move seamlessly into writing novels that are attracting wide attention.
You're very much regarded as a writer to watch, and you've had awards for your work, and now you have got some exciting news about a movie project. What's happening there?Isabella Maldonado: Yes, it is very exciting. What happened is that right after The Cipher came out, which is the first book in the Nina Guerrera series, Hollywood called. It’s a good way to put it. Actually, there was interest from several different studios and different people in Hollywood. I have a literary agent out of New York, and I then had to get a Hollywood agent and brokered a deal.
What ended up happening is, Jennifer Lopez has her own production company, Nuyorican Productions, and she teamed up with Netflix and they came in with the strongest deal. They did a great job and so we went with that. It’s very exciting. It is going to be wonderful to see my book come to life in that way.
Jenny Wheeler: Yes. I can believe why she would be attracted to the story. I don't know if she'll be playing the main role as well,
