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JAMES HOUSTON TURNER WINS “BEST SCREENPLAY” AWARDS AT THE CONTENT2023 FILM FESTIVAL
Best known for his Aleksandr Talanov thriller novels, screenwriter and producer JAMES HOUSTON TURNER scooped a pair of “Best Screenplay” awards for his scripts – Square Pegs and Hell Creek – at the Content2023 Film Festival and Media Summit, near Ft. Worth, Texas. Turner arrived on the red carpet with his wife, Wendy, then attended a banquet prepared by Capernaum Studios, where two seasons of the hit television series, [...]
SPY NOVELIST NOMINATED FOR THREE “BEST SCREENPLAY” AWARDS
LOS ANGELES - August 1, 2023 - Fiction author JAMES HOUSTON TURNER is best known for his Aleksandr Talanov series of novels about a former KGB colonel who became a spy for America. But that may soon be changing with three "Best Screenplay" nominations for scripts he wrote and submitted to the Content Film Festival and Media Summit, which will hold its prestigious 2023 awards ceremony at Capernaum Studios, [...]
JAMES FEATURED IN VOYAGE AUSTIN MAGAZINE
JAMES WAS FEATURED in the April edition of Voyage Austin magazine, where he talks about Talanov and his latest feature film projects. The entire article, with photos, can be viewed HERE.
JAMES HOUSTON TURNER PRODUCING HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM
AUSTIN, Texas: Bestselling author, James Houston Turner, known for his Aleksandr Talanov series of spy thrillers, has written and will help produce Square Pegs, a feature film family drama about a court battle between a pastor and his bartender daughter. Being the proverbial "square peg in a round hole" is a theme James Houston Turner explores in Square Pegs, a film script he's written that breaks stride with the spy novels he [...]
DRAGON HEAD enrages Secretary of the Exterior
Leaked emails reveal an embarrassed and angry U.S. Secretary of the Exterior, Jasmine Minnette-Rice, railing against bestselling novelist, James Houston Turner, and his fictional spy hero, Aleksandr Talanov. "Aleksandr Talanov makes us look bad!" a boiling Minnette-Rice was overheard yelling. "Why the hell do you think my office, the Secretary of the Exterior, exists? To make us look good! And Talanov makes us look bad. How the hell can [...]
NOVEMBER ECHO HITS #1 BESTSELLER LIST
Days after its release, James Houston Turner's acclaimed novel, November Echo, soared to the #1 spot on Amazon's espionage thriller list. Turner says he wrote the book in response to requests from readers for more background stories on his signature hero, the intrepid KGB colonel, Aleksandr Talanov, who became a deep-cover spy for America during the Cold War. Says Turner, "What started out as a 7500 word short story quickly grew into [...]
FROM FACT TO FICTION: GRECO’S GAME INSPIRED BY AN ACTUAL KGB HERO
Fictional tough guys abound, but few are based on actual people like Adelaide author JAMES HOUSTON TURNER'S signature hero, the "dark and sexy" Aleksandr Talanov, who returns in Greco's Game, sequel to his "Ludlumesque" bestseller, Department Thirteen. And while the story is fiction, Turner framed it against the real world of black market human trafficking operating beneath the glitz and glamor of Hollywood, where he once worked as a [...]
NEW YORK: JAMES ACCEPTS THIRD GOLD MEDAL FOR DEPARTMENT THIRTEEN AT THE 2012 INDIE BOOK AWARDS AT THE FAMED PLAZA HOTEL
The Champagne was flowing freely on June 4th when James joined other distinguished authors at New York City's legendary Plaza Hotel for the 2012 Indie Book Awards ceremony. Holding the distinction as the largest not-for-profit book awards program in the world, The Indie Book Awards boasts 240 awards for thousands of entries. Cash prizes total over $12,000, with judges that include "seasoned book editors (including many who have worked [...]
HOLLYWOOD: WHO BETTER TO KNOW A VILLAIN THAN THE MASTER VILLAIN HIMSELF?
"I love a great villain," says famous TV bad guy, Abu Fayed, from Season 6 of the hit television series, 24. "Great villains demand great heroes and The Identity Factor has both." Abu Fayed was played by the accomplished actor, Adoni Maropis, who was flawless in his role as the villain everyone loved to hate. Entertainment Weekly had this to say: “It takes a hell of a guy to [...]
LOS ANGELES: JAMES HOUSTON TURNER HOSTED AT THE G’DAY USA BLACK TIE GALA TO CELEBRATE HIS TWENTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEATING CANCER.
"It's especially rewarding," he says, "because doctors didn't think I'd live 18 months. The first sound I remember was the metronome of the heart monitor when I came out from the anesthetic of my eleven-hour operation. The first sight I saw was my wife, Wendy. She was standing beside me, holding my hand. We still hold hands." A collection of G'day USA photos is available at: http://jameshoustonturner.blogspot.com/2011/01/cool-dude-writer-goes-to-gday-usa.html.