Thriller is a prominent genre in fiction writing, comprising elements of several other genres, including mystery, crime, and horror. Thrillers are usually fast-paced stories with elevated expressions of surprise, suspense, anxiety, and excitement that keep readers glued to the plot while yearning to discover how the story unfolds. Thriller novels are among the most popular due to their intriguing storylines. Many writers also convert thriller novels into screenplays and movies due to their popularity and for entertaining audiences. Thriller novels typically comprise action-packed and fast-paced storylines that compel readers to keep reading while experiencing rapid twists and turns in the plot.
Novelists can take readers into a fantasy world through their words and fictional stories while embedding several real-life factors to enable people to relate to the story. Thriller novelists may not necessarily create a fantasy world, but create an intriguing storyline that keeps readers on their edge due to the rapidly moving and engaging plot. Readers continue reading because they want to determine the proceeding elements in the story. The suspense or mystery elements make thriller novels more fascinating than other genres. Thriller novelists create storylines that keep readers engaged and entertained throughout the plot. Mark Albertson is also a thriller novelist known for his Sea Story Trilogy comprising Steaming, Spying, and Stalking novels.
Mark David Albertson is an author, ex-navy seaman, and attorney known for his thriller novel trilogy and law firm. Albertson began his novel writing career by publishing Steaming: A Sea Story in 2020 after moving from Washington to Texas. He utilized his experience working in the navy to integrate intricate details into the thriller novel revolving around a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. The first novel published under the Lulu Press received critical and public recognition, compelling Albertson to write two more books. The novelist released the second novel in the three-book series a year later, in 2021. The second novel, Spying: A Sea Story, released by Irish Viking Publishing, follows an investigation involving the murders of two sailors in the U.S. Navy. Albertson released the third novel in the series, Stalking: A Sea Story, in 2022 under Irish Viking Publishing. The third novel follows a Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agent investigating several mysterious occurrences and sabotage attempts in the U.S. Navy.
The thriller novelist started his novel writing career in 2020 with the Steaming novel. However, his writing career began in 2013 when he published the adult care book, Caring for Older Relatives under Lulu Press. The book helps people understand and overcome psychological, financial, and legal issues, pressure, and challenges related to caring for older relatives. Albertson wrote several books, chapters, and articles throughout his career as a writer, researcher, and attorney. He wrote Criminal Procedure: Accomplice Witness Testimony, Holladay v. State, published in St. Mary’s Law Journal in 1986. Albertson wrote Can Violence Be Predicted? Future Dangerousness: The Testimony of Experts in Criminal Cases published in the Criminal Justice Journal in 1989. He also wrote a research article entitled DNA Technology: Revolutionizing the Criminal Justice System in the DeNovo journal in 1989. However, Caring for Older Relatives was his first book as a writer, and Steaming: A Sea Story was his first novel as a thriller novelist.
Mark Albertson was not always an author or novelist and worked as a radioman in the U.S. Navy in the 1970s after graduating from high school. Albertson completed his bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of Texas, San Antonio, in 1982. He attended the St. Mary’s University School of Law to complete his Doctor of Law (J.D.) degree in 1987. Albertson also worked as a staff sergeant at the Texas Air National Guard from 1984 to 1987 while studying for his Juris Doctor degree. He later became an attorney and established his law firm, Albertson Law group, in 1993, where he worked for ten years until 2013.
Albertson then moved to Fidelity Investments in 2013, where he worked as an estate planning attorney. Albertson shifted his focus to writing in 2013 with the Caring for Older Relatives book before evolving into the thriller genre in 2020. Albertson wrote the Sea Story thriller series focusing on various fictional events in the U.S. Navy. The first novel, Steaming, came out in 2020, followed by Spying in 2021 and Stalking in 2022. Although an attorney by profession and education, Mark Albertson made his name as an author by fascinating and entertaining readers with his books and thriller novels.
