Techno Thriller Authors
Techno-thriller authors are writers of books with elements drawn from science fiction, technology, espionage, and war, with a heavy focus on technical details through the use of computer and advanced gadgets of military origins or for military purpose. For many readers, techno-thrillers are a natural progression from the early spy novel, whereby now spying and infiltration is driven by all-powerful electronics. Military techno-thriller is currently the leading sub-genre.
Often technology controls almost all people’s lives so much that living without all the high tech gadgets seems almost impossible. At the same time, many books add topics such as computer hacking and genetic manipulation to the mix thus showing that technology can indeed be a two-edged sword.
The high tech thrillers are suspenseful, nail-biting and utterly engaging where technology takes on a major role in the plot. The plot is usually driven by current or near future technology. Many authors touch in their writings on technothrillers due to the modern technology that is around us every day, however, some authors have this genre down pat. Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton and Craig Thomas are prime examples of writers who have defined it for what it is today.
Often the authors in this genre are also well known for their spy thriller books, as the two genres overlap in many cases.
Here are the main techno-thriller authors who write unforgettable masterpieces in this genre.
Kim Aleksander
standalone techno thriller
- Dark Pantheon series
- Final Theory series
- standalone techno thrillers
Steve Alten
- Meg series
Brian Andrews
- standalone techno thriller
James Barney
- standalone techno thrillers
Greg Bear
- Quantico series
- Robert Langdon series
- standalone techno thrillers
- Philip Mercer series
- The Oregon Files
- Pendergast series
- Jeremy Logan series
- Gideon Crew series
- standalone techno thrillers
Patrick Chiles
- standalone techno thrillers
- Jack Ryan series
- Jack Ryan Jr series
- John Clark series
- The Campus series
AJ Colucci
- standalone techno thrillers
Michael Crichton
- standalone techno thrillers
- Dirk Pitt series
- NUMA Files
- The Oregon Files
- Isaac Bell Adventures
- Fargo Adventures
John Darnton
- standalone techno thrillers
Karen Dionne
- standalone techno thrillers
Craig Dirgo
- John Taft series
- standalone techno thrillers
Tim Dub
- standalone techno thriller
Jeff Edwards
- standalone techno thrillers
Charlie Flowers
- Riz series
William R. Forstchen
- After series
David Gibbins
- Jack Howard series
William Gibson
- Sprawl series
- Blue Ant series
- Bridge series
- Track Presius series
- Skyler Donohue series
- Mayake Chronicles
Alan Glynn
- standalone techno thriller
David Golemon
- Event Group Adventure series
Michael C. Grumley
- Breakthrough series
James R. Hannibal
- Nick Baron series
Nate Kenyon
- standalone techno thrillers
Philip Kerr
- standalone techno thrillers
J.A. Konrath
- standalone techno thrillers
Dale Kutzera
- standalone techno thrillers
- Travis Chase trilogy
- Sam Dryder series
- Jason Bourne series
- Joe Ledger series
- standalone techno thrillers
Andy McDermott
- Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase series
Michael McGaulley
- standalone techno thrillers
James Morcan
- The Orphan Trilogy
Scott Allan Morrison
- standalone techno thriller
Dan Needles
- standalone techno thriller
Pierre Ouellette
- standalone techno thrillers
Eliot Peper
- Uncommon series
James Phelan
- Lachlan Fox series
- Pendergast series
- Wyman Ford series
- Gideon Crew series
- standalone techno-thrillers
Richard Preston
- standalone techno-thrillers
Matthew Reilly
- Shane Schofield series
Douglas E. Richards
- Wired series
- The Prometheus Project series
- standalone techno thriller
A.G. Riddle
- The Origin Mystery series
Jeremy Robinson
- Chess Team Adventure series
- Sigma Force Series
- standalone techno thrillers
Neal Stephenson
- standalone techno thrillers
- Daemon series
- standalone techno thrillers
James Tabor
- Hallie Leland series
Craig Thomas
- Mitchell Gant series
- Zeroes series
Robert S. Wilson
- standalone techno thriller
Alvin Ziegler
- standalone techno thriller
And you will want to check out this new career author, Kilburn Hall and his techno-thrillers Cure, Yeti, Kun Lun, Hades, ICEX, Morphed. He can be found on Facebook.