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M.P. Woodward discusses his journey from Navy Intelligence to bestselling novelist and his collaboration with Jack Carr on 'THE FOURTH OPTION'.

Send us Fan Mail M.P. Woodward, a former Navy Intelligence Officer turned Best-Selling novelist, explains how his career moving between operational teams and strategic work shaped his storytelling instincts. After two decades in the tech industry, including Amazon Prime Video, he returned to writing and quickly built momentum with THE HANDLER, Tom Clancy “legacy” novels, and now a major collaboration with Jack Carr, with the book, THE FOURTH OPTION. Chris Walker, the main character in...

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Host: George Blitch

Guest: M.P. Woodward

Topics covered

• storytelling
• military experience
• novel writing
• collaboration
• career transition

Keywords

• M.P. Woodward
• Jack Carr
• THE FOURTH OPTION
• novelist
• Navy Intelligence
• storytelling
• Amazon Prime Video
• THE HANDLER

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Organizations: Amazon Prime Video

Books & works: THE FOURTH OPTION, THE HANDLER

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