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T.J. Newman

Biography

T.J. Newman

T.J. Newman is a former bookseller and flight attendant whose first novel, FALLING, became a publishing sensation and debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. Her second novel, DROWNING, was released in May 2023, and it, too, became an instant New York Times bestseller. The books were named best books of the year by USA Today, Esquire and Amazon, among many others, and both have been published in 35 countries. Each will soon be major motion pictures after both sold in headline making seven-figure deals: FALLING with Universal Pictures, and DROWNING with Warner Brothers. Her third and latest novel is WORST CASE SCENARIO. T.J. lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Books by T.J. Newman

by T.J. Newman - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications. The International Nuclear Event Scale tracks nuclear disasters. It has seven levels. Level 7 is a Major Accident, with only two on record: Fukushima and Chernobyl. There has never been a Level 8. Until now. In WORST CASE SCENARIO, ordinary people --- power plant employees, firefighters, teachers, families, neighbors and friends --- are thrust into an extraordinary situation as they face the ultimate test of their lives. It will take the combined courage, ingenuity and determination of a brave few to save not only their community and loved ones, but the fate of humanity at large.

by T.J. Newman - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors --- but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with 12 passengers trapped inside. More than 200 feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his 11-year-old daughter, Shannon, are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives. Their only chance at survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris Kent --- Shannon’s mother and Will’s soon-to-be ex-wife --- who must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter and rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff. There’s not much time. There’s even less air.

by T.J. Newman - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are 143 other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that 30 minutes before the flight, your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.