Winter Salon: “Thrillers”

January 8, 2026, 7:30 pm

Tova Mirvis is the author, most recently, of the novel We Would Never which was published by Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Her memoir The Book of Separation was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and excerpted in the New York Times Modern Love Column. She is also the author of three prior novels, Visible City, The Outside World and The Ladies Auxiliary which was a national bestseller. Her essays have appeared in publications including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe Magazine, and Psychology Today, and her fiction has been broadcast on NPR.

Joseph Finder is the New York Times bestselling author of 17 suspense novels, most recently The Oligarch’s Daughter. His books have won numerous awards, including the Strand Critics Award for Best Novel for Buried Secrets (2011), the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel for Killer Instinct (2006) and the Barry Award for Best Thriller for Company Man (2005). The Boston Globe has called him a “master of the modern thriller.”  Two of his novels have been made into major motion pictures, including High Crimes, adapted into the hit 2002 movie starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman; and Paranoia, the 2013 film starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Liam Hemsworth. A founding member of the International Thriller Writers, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. Joe is a graduate of Yale and the Harvard Russian Research Center. He lives in Boston.

Gary Braver, pen name of Gary Goshgarian, is the internationally best-selling and award-winning author of 10 critically acclaimed mysteries and medical thrillers including Elixir, Gray Matter, Choose Me (co-written with Tess Gerritsen), and Flashback, the first thriller to have won a Massachusetts Book Award.  

Gary’s novels have been translated into 18 languages, and three have been optioned for movies. His latest novel is RUMOR OF EVIL, (“a phenomenal thriller”—bookreporter.com) which was named one of the year’s best mysteries by the editors of Amazon. 

Under his legal name Gary Goshgarian, he is Professor Emeritus of English at Northeastern University where he taught Fiction Writing, Science Fiction, Horror Fiction, and Bestsellers. He has also taught fiction-writing workshops throughout the United States and Europe. 

Gary holds a B.S in physics and an M.A. and Ph.D. English. He lives with his family in Arlington, MA.  Website: www.garybraver.com.