Kyle Mills (author)

{{short description|American novelist}}

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| occupation = Novelist

| genre = Political thriller

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Kyle Mills (born 1966) is an American writer of thriller novels including Rising Phoenix, Fade, and The Second Horseman. Several of his books (Rising Phoenix, Storming Heaven, Sphere of Influence, Free Fall and Darkness Falls) include a character Mark Beamon, an FBI special agent. He also wrote The Ares Decision (2011), The Utopia Experiment (2013), and The Patriot Attack (2015), the eighth, tenth, and twelfth installments of the Covert-One series, originally created by Robert Ludlum.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aussieosbourne.com/2017/04/newyorktimesbestsellingauthorkylemills.html|title=New York Times Bestselling Author Kyle Mills}} He is the former writer of the Mitch Rapp series of novels, having written nine books in the series after original author Vince Flynn died in 2013.{{cite web| url = https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/mitch-rapp-series-to-continue-with-new-author-after-vince-flynns-death/article_facfb472-51be-5380-bbe3-9b784606d6b4.html| title = Mitch Rapp series to continue with new author after Vince Flynn's death {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} tulsaworld.com}} In February, 2023, Mills announced he would be leaving the Mitch Rapp series after his contribution to the series, Code Red (2023), was published. Author Don Bentley was announced as the new author for the series.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-22 |title=BREAKING: Mitch Rapp News |url=https://www.vinceflynn.com/news-blog/breaking |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=VinceFlynn.com |language=en-US}}

Mills lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with his wife and they are both avid rock climbers. Mills grew up in Oregon, and his father was an agent with the FBI.{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/kylemills/|title=Kyle Mills | Authors}}