FEATURED MEDIA COVERAGE
July, 2024
I visited my local library in Portola Valley for this feature article and photo shoot in PUNCH Magazine, a monthly periodical focused on life in the Peninsula of the Bay Area.
May 12, 2024
My wife, Leslie, and I were featured on the cover story of the May issue of Mountain Home Magazine. The full four-page spread is available here.
April 23, 2024
Burner was an “IndieReader Approved” pick. Read about the journey of getting published and my advice for aspiring authors.
April 11, 2024
Always exciting to be featured in my local paper. The Palo Alto Weekly and The Almanac did this wonderful profile on my writing journey and new novel, Burner.
February 29. 2024
My publicity campaign for Burner kicked off on Leap Day 2024 with a live, on-air interview on KRON-TV’s “LIVE! In the Bay” show with host Jess Wills. (Insider tip: look for cameos of two of my favorite book stores: Books Inc in Palo Alto and Gramercy Books in Columbus.)
November 22, 2023
A great feature piece in the LA Weekly about my pivot from tech executive to author, thanks to the 5-star review of Bit Flip by IndieReader.
September 2, 2022
I was thrilled to be featured in a review on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Datebook section with the headline “Silicon Valley author turns real-life tech expertise into debut novel, a thriller.”
August 29, 2022
I appeared in the Author Spotlight series on Publishers Weekly. The article states, “In ‘Bit Flip’, readers find a Silicon Valley corporate thriller that sparks a change of heart.”
August 15, 2022
So fun to discuss my book live on KRON-TV’s “LIVE! In the Bay” show with host Olivia Horton. Check out the full interview here.
August 15, 2022
As an “IndieReader Approved” author, I did this interview with IndieReader as part of their All About the Book series.
August 12, 2022
I’ve been a reader of the Palo Alto Weekly for over 20 years, so I’m honored to be featured in a full-page article.
August 12, 2022
Such a thrill to be featured in a full-page review of Bit Flip in my local Menlo Park newspaper, The Almanac.
August 9, 2022
My conversation with Kristi Elizabeth from Manhattan Book Review in advance of the release of Bit Flip.
ADDITIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE
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April 11, 2024
Flattering profile on my new book, Burner, (full disclosure, written by my nephew!) in InMenlo.
December 29, 2023
Ashley Hasty from Hasty Book List included Burner in her list of “My Most-Anticipated Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Novels of 2024.”
October 13, 2022
Before the Fox Cities Book Festival, I visited WFRV-TV in Green Bay for this in-depth live interview with Lisa Malak and Millaine Wells, hosts of “Local 5 Live.”
October 5, 2022
I once worked in Campbell, CA, so it was fun to be featured in the Author’s Corner (p. 5) of The Campbell Press.
September 20, 2022
My ultra-local paper, InMenlo, did a feature article about me and my book, along with a picture from Fremont Park in downtown Menlo Park.
September 6, 2022
She Knows included Bit Flip among their “11 Books to Read Before Their Movie & TV Adaptations Come Out.” Great company to be listed along with some of my favorite novels!
August 24, 2022
The long-time crime and mystery literary quarterly, The Strand Magazine, published this Q&A with me.
August 24, 2022
An interview and book give-away with JeanBookNerd, including “Ten Random Facts about Bit Flip.”
August 23, 2022
I read a brief passage of my novel on KALW’s “New Arrivals” radio program and podcast. Listen on their site or wherever you get podcasts.
August 19, 2022
Read my guest essay on Literary Hub’s CrimeReads site, asking “Can the Tech Industry be Trusted to Police Itself?” One of the questions at the heart of my white-collar crime story, Bit Flip.
August 19, 2022
BookTrib featured Bit Flip in their BookBites roundup of the most “captivating reading.”
August 18, 2022
The Hivery, a digital community and inspiration lab in San Francisco, included Bit Flip in their “12 Best Books for Late Summer.” Enter their contest on Instagram by 8/21 for a chance to win all 12 titles!
August 16, 2022
An interview on my writing journey, from the origins of the story idea, through my writing process, all the way to publishing.
August 16, 2022
Armed with A Book published this interview featuring favorite scenes, key take-aways, and an excerpt from Chapter 7 of Bit Flip.
August 16, 2022
From films to food, the artistic outlets that inspire my writing in this Q&A by Elizabeth Rynecki of Authors Answer.
August 16, 2022
A Q&A with author, editor, and blogger, Deborah Kalb, about everything from the novel’s title to what I’m writing next.
August 16, 2022
This review site that “separates authors from the herd” did a one-on-one interview with me about Bit Flip.
August 15, 2022
Author and blogger Alison Laverty interviewed me about why I became a writer and what’s next.
August 11, 2022
Top of Your Stack recommendation for my August 21 event at Book Passage in San Francisco’s Ferry Building.
August 10, 2022
A reviewer from Australia described Bit Flip as “an interesting narrative unfolds regarding the world of tech start-ups and the cost to be paid for monetary gain.”
August 9, 2022
My in-depth interview with Indie Crime Scene on the white-collar crime depicted in Bit Flip.
August 1, 2022
Reviewer and author Ashley Hasty included Bit Flip in her roundup of new books coming out in August.
July 26, 2022
Reviewer Matt Benzing, who gave Bit Flip a wonderful 5-star review back in March, circled back for this in-depth interview for Foreword Reviews Magazine into the sentiments, messages, and inspirations behind the book.
JULY 17, 2022
Print version of my interview with Authority Magazine’s Kristin Marquet on the “The 5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer.”
Also available in a TLDR video highlights version.
July 14, 2022
My full 22-minute on-air interview on the show “Interesting Beings” on KZSU-FM, Stanford University’s radio station.
JUNE 24, 2022
Reviewer Rebecca Freund included Bit Flip in her list of “12 Books to Take on Your Summer Vacation.”
April 28, 2022
Following up on their 5-star review and “IndieReader Approved” designation of Bit Flip, IndieReader included the book in their “Best Reviewed Books” for April list.
April 26, 2022
Crossroad Reviews gave Bit Flip 4 stars and said, “I am a pretty heavy tech person and I loved every second of this one.”
April 23, 2022
Garrett Billings named Bit Flip among the “Thriller Must-Reads That Will Keep You Up All Night” along with The Night Shift by Alex Finlay, Things We Do in The Dark by Jennifer Hillier, and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
April 13, 2022
In their review, Kirkus summarized Bit Flip is a “. . . worthwhile, humorous take on the moral infirmities of the tech industry.”
April 6, 2022
IndieReader gave Bit Flip a glowing 5-star review, declaring, “Mike Trigg’s novel Bit Flip is exceptionally well-written, with a satisfying balance of action, intrigue, back story, characterization, and description. He weaves together several compelling story elements, some of them technical in nature, with ease and the manner in which he wraps up the narrative is both concise and provocative.
March 29, 2022
Foreword Clarion Reviews awarded Bit Flip a 5 out of 5 stars, concluding, “As much a compelling narrative as it is a critical analysis of contemporary capitalism, this story worries over the coming future, in which technology could take over much of what people used to do. This helps to make Bit Flip an engrossing novel that satirizes the pretensions of tech bros and billionaires.”