Age: Pushing 60 Height/weight: 5 feet, 3 inches and trying not to shrink. I never weigh myself. If I get muffin-top when I put on my jeans, it’s time to cut back. Residence: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Killing Song (Pocket Books), will be the first stand-alone thriller written by Parrish, a New York Times best-selling [...]

Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads (Oceanview Publishing; $28) hit bookstores and e-tailers on July 5. The volume was co-edited by critic Hank Wagner and David Morrell, the author of First Blood (“Rambo”) as well as a co-founder of the International Thriller Writers organization. Essays cover the “top” 100 thrillers dating from Beowulf to The Da Vinci Code. [...]