Novelist Spotlight #169: From the Department of Homeland Security to thriller writer

In the spotlight is Chad Boudreaux, former deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security where he advised department leader Michael Chertoff, and current chief legal officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder. Along the way, Boudreaux became a novelist, writing the thrillers “Scavenger Hunt” and “Homecoming.” His forthcoming novel is titled “Mob Justice.”    We discuss:    >> Legal versus fiction writing  >> Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum  >> Submarines and shipbuilding  >> Hidden floors in buildings  >> Waco, Texas and the Branch Davidians  >> Etc.    Learn more about Chad Boudreaux and his books here: https://www.chadboudreaux.com/    Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no       Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com