Molly Best Tinsley
Biography
A former professor of English at the United States Naval Academy, Dr. Tinsley is recognized as the first professor emerita in its history and is an established author of fiction, nonfiction, and drama.
Dr. Tinsley’s work has received recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Book Awards, the Pushcart Prize, the Maryland Arts Council, among others. She is the co-author of The Creative Process(Bedford/St. Martin’s), and the author of Satan’s Chamber (Fuze Publishing),Throwing Knives (Ohio State University Press), and My Life With Darwin(Houghton Mifflin). Dr. Tinsley’s short fiction has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize Anthology and New Stories from the South, and appeared in journals and periodicals such as Shenandoah, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, and Redbook Magazine. Her plays have been read or staged nationwide, from Seattle, to Houston, New York City, and Washington DC.
Reviews of Karetta Hubbard and Molly Best Tinsley’s Satan’s Chamber
A fine political thriller that will go far to entertain many a reader. Some would worry when sent to an unusual location. Tory Pierce sees opportunity. “Satan’s Chamber” tells the story of CIA Agent Tory Pierce as she takes her assignment to the chaotic Sudan as a chance to find out what happened to her father five years prior to the events. “Satan’s Chamber” is a fine political thriller that will go far to entertain many a reader.
—The Midwest Book Review
…takes the reader to Sudan where good and evil battle on the pages in a haze of yellow dust.
—The Island Sounder (read full article here)
Who knew that Vienna and McLean were such hotbeds of international intrigue? For starters, prominent suspense writers John Gilstrap and Patricia Cornwell did, and now, McLean’s Karetta Hubbard and co-author Molly Best Tinsley know that, too.
—The Connection Newspaper (read full article here)
Taut and perceptive, Satan’s Chamber is a spy novel with punch that sweats the details. It delivers the action with intelligence, wit, and style.
—Gardner Peckham, former member, National Commission on Terrorism, consultant to the CIA.
Satan’s Chamber hooks you right out of the chute and takes you to Khartoum, Sudan, where good and evil battle in a haze of yellow dust. Engrossing geopolitical intrigue…great book!
—Captain Thomas A. Myers (USN-Ret)
Satan’s Chamber inserts Tory Pierce, an inexperienced CIA operative, into the present dangers and mythical past of Sudan. Personal quest becomes political awakening and demands daring tactics, as this complex world explodes beyond Sudanese borders. Add this one to your must-read list of adventure thrillers.
—Commander Laureen Mahoney (USN-Ret)
Tory Pierce is no James Bond. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. In fact it’s sort of the point. “Satan’s Chamber,” (Fuze Publishing) a new spy thriller by Molly Best Tinsley and Karetta Hubbard, turns the genre’s macho clichés inside out in a world in which many of the spooks- especially the good guys- are women.
—Book review by Bill Varble, Oregon Mail Tribune 8/30/2009 (read full articlehere)
Rich with intrigue, violence, political chicanery, and characters who believe in their own way–no matter what, Satan’s Chamber is reading manna from heaven, and the lead character is a young woman.”
–Denise Nicholas, author of the award-winning novel, Freshwater Road.
The authors of this book are masters both of the secret world of spies and intelligence and of Sudan. Put yourself in their hands and strap yourself in for a thrilling ride.
–Deborah Scroggins, author of the award-winning novel, Emma’s War: An Aid Worker, Radical Islam and the Politics of Oil – A True Story of Love and Death in the Sudan.
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