Fiction

Ian Bull is my pen name. I’m the author of The Quintana Adventures, a trilogy that includes The Picture Kills ... Six Passengers, Five Parachutes ... and The Danger Game. The Writer’s Digest National Book Competition gave The Picture Kills 5 stars: “We’re gripped from start to finish. The pacing is spectacular and the story excels. Characters are multi-dimensional and settings gleam." It also gave Six Passengers, Five Parachutes 5 stars: “The author has a stellar instinct for crafting characters ...with fabulous foreboding and panic … and, in Steven, a character who could live on the big screen." It was also a semi-finalist in the Book Pipeline Competition, which guides novels to film and TV adaptation. The Independent Press Awards gave The Danger Game a Distinguished Favorite Award for 2021, and it won first prize in the action category in the New York Big Book Awards in 2022. Reviews from Amazon and Goodreads for the trilogy include: “The premise is mind-boggling … Steven Quintana is a new thriller hero who’s human, prone to mistakes, frailty and self-doubt, yet with Scot Harvath power, Angus MacGyver ingenuity, and Ethan Hunt resilience that makes him ripe for a continuing series, both in print and on screen.“ “A thrilling page-turner with real literary value…combines the international intrigue of Lee Child, the procedural know-how of Michael Connelly, and the insider’s expertise of Jackie Collins, with a plot that takes the reader on a Bondian adventure across the globe. I can’t recommend it highly enough for fans of tightly plotted, fast-paced adventure stories. Hollywood needs to make a series out of this!!”

Find my fiction at Quintanaadventures.com and Californianoir.net or click on the images to the left.

Nonfiction

I also write essays and how-to manuals under my full name, Donald Ian Bull. The Reality TV Producer and Director Handbook has been an underground resource in Hollywood since I first wrote it in 2002. It’s since been updated and producers and directors value love its clear lessons on how to approach unscripted TV.

You can find my essays at californiabull.com, or click on the images to the left.