Love is Murder Featured Author Bob Mayer

Chicago, IL, August 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Bob Mayer, one of the four featured authors who will be at the 2013 Love is Murder conference in Chicago next Feb. 1-3, is the NY Times best-selling author of The Gate, the Green Beret series and many others more than 50 published books that have sold more than 4,000,000 copies.

His latest release, The Jefferson Allegiance, is the first in his new Presidential Thrillers series, in which each novel is based on a historical puzzle left behind by a U.S. President. The Jefferson Allegiance was released independently and reached number 2 overall in sales on Nook.

Mayer grew up in the Bronx, then attended West Point. During his four years there, he learned the history of our military and our nation, then enlisted in the Special Forces. Combining this unique education and experience, he is a master at blending elements of truth into all of his thrillers, leaving the reader questioning what is real and what isn't; they are based in fact and riddled with possibilities. In his historical fiction novels, Mayer blends actual events with fictional characters. He doesn't change history, but instead changes how history came into being.

Mayer is also a leadership speaker and consultant for his presentation, who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Waywhich he translated into write It Forward, a holistic program that teaches writers how to be authors. He is also the co-creator of Cool Gus Publishing, which publishes both eBooks and print-on-demand, so has experience in both traditional and non-traditional publishing.

Mayer has presented for more than 1,000 organizations in the U.S. and internationally, including the Maui Writers, Whidbey Island Writers, Romance Writers of America national convention, San Diego State University, University of Georgia, Boston SWAT, the CIA, Fortune 500 companies, the Royal Danish Navy Frogman Corps, Microsoft, Rotary, IT Teams in Silicon Valley and many others. He has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, PBS, NPR, the Discovery Channel, and the SyFy channel, as well as local shows.

And in 2013, Mayer adds the 14th annual Love is Murder Mystery Authors, Writers, Readers and Fans Conference to his list of appearances.

The conference welcomes mystery readers, fans, authors and writers. Events throughout the three-day conference include panel discussions; PitchPerfect (meet one-on-one with agents, publishers and editors); author signings; forensic demonstrations and presenta-tions; Saturday afternoon tea party with keynote speaker; master writing classes presented by featured authors; writing track sessions by members of the the Midwest Writers Association; booksellers and other exhibitors; evening entertainment by the Those Were The Days Radio Players plus other fun events; vendor exhibits; and author/reader networking throughout the conference. Visit www.loveismurder.net to register and for more information and updates on new authors and exhibitors, and/or sign up for the conference's monthly e-newsletter, Kiss! Kiss! Bang! Bang!