“Operation Thriller III” USO Entertainment Tour featuring writers Kathleen Antrim, Michael Connelly, Brad Meltzer, Joseph Finder and Andy Harp was a ten-day, five-country overseas voyage to meet and talk with American servicemen and women.

The authors spent time talking with the troops in Kuwait, Afghanistan and some other military locations that cannot be disclosed. The writers hosted some Q&A sessions with the troops, and the troops demonstrated some of the things they do while on military duty in the Middle East.

Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer, The drop, The Reversal and more), Brad Meltzer (The Inner Circle, The Book of Lies, and more and host of Brad Meltzer’s Decoded on the History Channel), Andy Harp (Northern Thunder and Retribution), Joseph Finder (Buried Secrets, Vanished, Killer Instinct and more), and Kathleen Antrim (Capitol Offenses and Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can’t Put Down) are all members of the International Thriller Writers.

I recently spoke with Kathleen Antrim about her USO experience and her writing: