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What Claire wishes she had known before launching her debut novel, and lessons she’s learned (and continue to learn!) along the way. This is a collaborative forum, where every author (both indie and traditionally published) is welcome to comment and participate to share their own meaningful publishing lessons and experiences.
Upon completion of her novel, Claire worked with Christian Picciolini on vetting her antagonist. A former Neo-Nazi skinhead, he founded a non-profit focused on extracting extremists from their domestic terrorist organizations and re-assimilating them back into society. He has been featured on 60 Minutes and the Today Show for his amazing work, and his autobiography was recently published by Hachette Book Group. He also released Breaking Hate Confronting the New Culture of Extremism, which is available for purchase here.
Read more about the rise of Extremism:
New York Times: Delayed Homeland Security Report Warns of ‘Lethal’ White Supremacy
New York Times Op-ed: White Supremacy Was Her World. And Then She Left
Publicity and Reviews
The Real Book Spy: THE RISING ORDER: Five Questions with Claire Isenthal “You might not know who Claire Isenthal is just yet, but you will soon, as this up-and-coming author—who is destined to one day sit atop the bestsellers lists—makes her presence known to the thriller world with the launch of her exciting debut novel, The Rising Order.”
Publisher’s Weekly BookLife said “Isenthal’s narrative and its many mysteries quickly grips”
“This brisk, sharp-edged debut builds a thriller out of urgent contemporary questions about mass violence, dehumanizing indoctrination, and whether an outcast who has twisted into a vicious monster still holds some semblance of humanity.” Read the full review HERE.
“A woman-in-peril page-turner that ambitiously
explores the opposing philosophies of the characters.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Trauma and social attitudes transform people’s worldviews in the startling thriller The Rising Order.” —Foreword Clarion Reviews
Readers’ Favorite awarded TRO 5 Stars and here’s what they had to say:
“The Rising Order meets all the criteria for a riveting page-turner… The suspense kept me on the edge of my seat. The characters were brilliantly developed. They were authentic and robust.”
INTERVIEWS [Learn More about TRO]
THE REAL BOOK SPY — 5 Questions with Claire Isenthal
THE WRITER’S DOSSIER — Claire Isenthal Feature
STEEP CONVERSATIONS w/ Josh Lanzet (available on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts)
KNOW MORE, KNOW LESS w/ Michael Cecchin (available on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts)
COURSE OF ACTION w/ Jeff Clark (available on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts)
THE BOOKISH MOMENT with Authors J.C. Kenney & Sarah Burr (Live YouTube Broadcast)
THE CARMEL CURRENT — Claire Isenthal Feature
EZ Conversations with Furkhan Dandia — Breaking Free from the Golden Handcuffs (Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify)
Para OR Normal Guyz - The Sportcat Podcast |The Price of Power: Sacrifice and Survival in a Dystopia (Available on YouTube & Spotify)
Trans Writes Live Radio — 91.3 WHJE Radio
The Mitchell Cohen Podcast — From Google to Best-Selling Author: Taking the Creative Leap (Available on Spotify of Apple Podcasts)