Jonas Saul

Jonas Saul is the bestselling author of the Sarah Roberts Series—more than two million sold!—and has written and published over sixty thrillers. After acquiring an agent, he signed several deals in Los Angeles, with MadRiver Pictures optioning his Sarah Roberts Series—over forty books!—(currently in development). Jonas has often outranked Stephen King and Dean Koontz on Amazon over the past decade. He’s regularly invited to be a guest speaker, teacher, or workshop presenter at international writing conferences and film festivals worldwide. He hosts multiple annual retreats in Greece, where he currently lives. He focuses his teaching on how to get tension and emotion in every scene and on every page, how he made it as a creator/writer, the path to success in this business, and the pitfalls to avoid. Jonas Saul is an acclaimed author, teacher, and professional freelance editor. He lends his editing prowess to several publishers and offers private editing services to clients. Conferences, festivals, and retreats Portland, Oregon’s Willamette Writing Conference as a speaker/presenter—August 2018 Calgary, Alberta’s When Words Collide as a speaker/presenter and I held a one-day masterclass—2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 as a guest of honor (always in August). Lumberton, North Carolina, the Book ‘Em Writers Festival as a presenter, speaker—September, 2019 Penticton, British Columbia, the Okanagan Valley Writer’s Festival Conference as a speaker/presenter—2016 and 2017 Salmon Arm, British Columbia, at the Word On The Lake Writer’s Festival as a speaker/presenter—May, 2018 Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Vancouver Writers Fest as a speaker/presenter—October 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Surrey International Writer’s Conference as a guest (four times) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and the cruise in May 2018 Sooke, Vancouver Island, at the Sooke Writers Retreat as a speaker and presenter for the entire retreat—May, 2019 Kelowna, British Columbia, University of British Columbia lecture for the creative writing class in November 2016 Kamloops, British Columbia, Chapters bookstore to give a two-hour speech to the staff of the bookstore about being an author, December 2018 Kelowna, B.C. Writer’s Guild Writer’s Conference 2018—speaker presenter Greece, Amorgos Film Festival—speaker lecturer 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Greece, Athens—presenter 2023—St. Catherine’s British School Vancouver, B.C. Creative Ink Writer’s Conference—speaker/presenter, keynote speech 2018, 2019 Portugal, Finestra Film Festival—presenter/speaker—September 2025 Retreats: Greece, Imagine Greece Retreats 5-day Masterclass teacher—2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 …