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J. Luke Bennecke

THRILLER AUTHOR

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BOUCHERCON - September 2023

Had an incredible four days of excitement and camaraderie at my first Bouchercon World Mystery conference in San Diego, CA, meeting new friends and fans and discussing Writing What You Know on a panel.

Echo from a Bayou Now Available in All Formats

Get ready for my newest suspense novel with a supernatural twist, recently released on August 8th, 2023, and now available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook formats at your favorite online book retailer.

Hidden memories. A cursed treasure. A killer on the loose. Lost love. Embark on a perilous quest with John Bastian in Echo from a Bayou. Can he confront his own murderer and find the truth before a hurricane strikes?

Jake Bendel Thrillers Become Multi Award Winners

In 2022 and 2023, both Civil Terror: Gridlock and Waterborne were honored across multiple platforms. Most recently, Luke attended the Chanticleer Authors Conference in Bellingham WA and accepted a first place award for Waterborne in the Global Thrillers category. Waterborne also received several other awards in the past year as shared on the book page here.

Civil Terror: Gridlock, Bennecke's debut novel, received first place in Best of Backlist in the 2023 Feathered Quill Awards, the 2023 Literary Titan Silver Book Award, and two awards in the 2023 Firebird Book Awards - 1st place in Technology and 2nd place in Thrillers.

ThrillerFest - June 2022

Wonderful to be back in NYC this year with a group of A-list authors! Completed Master Class with national bestselling novelist Steven James and attended CraftFest and ThrillerFest. Pitched another Jake Bendel thriller, Blackout, with several interested agents.

I also had the pleasure of being on a panel titled Indie, Traditional or Hybrid? along with some notable authors, including J.D. Barker and Mark Edwards.

Events

5/30/23 - 6/4/23 ThrillerFest - New York NY

8/12/23 Echo from a Bayou Launch Party - Beaumont CA

8/30/23 - 9/3/23 Bouchercon - San Diego CA

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