This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is novelist David Morrell, best known for his debut novel "First Blood," which later became the successful "Rambo" film franchise. Morrell discusses his new book "Ruler of the Night." More

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is David Morrell, award-winning author of "First Blood," the novel upon which Rambo was based. A New York Times best-selling author, Morrell has written 29 novels, with 18 million copies in print. In his new book "Inspector of the Dead" Morrell continues using Thomas De Quincy as protagonist, as he did in his last historical thriller "Murder as a Fine Art," named "one of the 5 best thrillers of 2013." More

This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is author David Morrell, best known for his 1972 debut novel, “First Blood,” which introduced the character Rambo and led to the film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. Morrell has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages. There are 18 million copies of his books in print. His recent historical thriller, "Murder as a Fine Art," was named "one of the 5 best thrillers of 2013." A New York Times best-selling author, he received the prestigious career-achievement Thriller Master Award from the International Thriller Writers organization. Morrell's popular guidebook to writing, “The Successful Novelist: A Lifetime of Lessons about Writing and Publishing,” was described by Peter Straub as “The best guidebook to both writing and the business of writing that I've ever read.” More