Kyle Mills

Kyle Mills Biography

Kyle Mills was born in 1966 and is currently 58 years old. Kyle Mills was born in Oregon, USA.

Kyle Mills is the author of the Mitch Rapp series which currently consists of 22 novels. The Mitch Rapp series started in 1999 with the novel Transfer of Power. The most recently released novel in the Mitch Rapp series was Code Red which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Mitch Rapp series.

Kyle Mills has also written the Mark Beamon series which has 5 books including Rising Phoenix and Storming Heaven.

While working in Jackson Hole at a bank, Kyle decided to attempt something creative. According to his website, he was inspired by the people around him in Wyoming that he met. From a participant in the Olympics, to someone who had climbed Mount Everest. His wife was the one that gave the novel writing suggestion, and Rising Phoenix was completed 8 months later.

Kyle started writing the Mitch Rapp series following the unfortunate passing of Vince Flynn. The first book he wrote was The Survivor, the 14th book in the series. He wrote write a total 9 books in the series, before passing the baton on to Don Bentley.

At the website The Real Book Spy, Enemy of the State was listed as one of the Best Political Thrillers of 2017 and Red War in 2018. In 2019 Lethal Agent was named one of the Best Action Thrillers. In 2021 they would name Enemy at the Gates one of the Best Thrillers of the year. In 2022 Oath of Loyalty was named the Best Thriller of the year.

In an odd coincidence, Mitch Rapp and Kyle Mills are connected via Pan Am 103. The reason Mitch Rapp joined the CIA in the novels is due to the terrorist attack which occurred on the flight Pan Am 103, where his girlfriend passed. Kyle Mills dad was an FBI agent and the lead on the investigation of Pan Am 103.

Kyle states on his website that he attempts to travel where he can for research on locations for his upcoming novels. He has visited the likes of Istanbul and Cape Town for research.

In a neat trivia note, and what Kyle referred to as very rewarding in an interview with The Joyous Living, three pages in The Survivor were written by Vince Flynn. He asked readers to see if they could pick out those three pages but no-one ever did, which meant that he had did his job.

Kyle Mills Lists & Other Mentions

• The Survivor was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2015.
• Red War was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2018.
• Code Red was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2023.

Kyle Mills: TV/Movies Based on Books

While Kyle is yet to have any books adapted to TV or movie, the novel American Assassin, the tenth in publication order and first in chronological order in the Mitch Rapp series, was adapted into a movie in 2017. It starred Dylan O'Brien as Mitch Rapp, and also featured Michael Keaton.

In 2008, CBS Films initially acquired the rights to the Mitch Rapp series. Chris Hemsworth was to play Mitch Rapp but due to scheduling issues, was unable to.

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Andrew M.

2 years ago

Kyle mills books leave me anxious and at the edge of my seat, craving for more. The fade series is the best thriller I’ve read so far and my favorite, but I also found Mark Beamon fascinating. Her work has lots of action and suspense; she also ensures excellent character development to make the books more intriguing.
I liked Mark in the Mark Beamon series, and I hated how he was treated at times. Most of Mills’s books are easy and fast reads, and she makes the mental visions easy and vivid of the surroundings. Her characters also feel so real and easy to fall in love with and follow throughout the story.
Kyle has also done great and amazing work with Mitch Rapp series after Vince Flynn’s death.

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Michael K.

1 year ago

Few topics have incited more passionate debates in my reading group than the question of Kyle Mills’ abilities as Vince Flynn’s heir. Most of us like Kyle’s Mitch Rapp books. The man’s prose is nothing to scoff at.

However, the people who agree with me think that Mitch Rapp has changed. He’s a tad bit more aggressive. It isn’t a bad thing. But I feel like the change should be acknowledged.

Other people are convinced that the transition from Vince to Kyle has been seamless. Apparently, Kyle Mills captures Vince’s voice perfectly. It just goes to show the subjective nature of art. We all perceive art differently.

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Becky

2 months ago

Mr. Mills seemed to slip right into Vince’s shoes and picked up right where he had left the Mitch Rapp series.

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Jasper Bago

6 days ago

Kyle Mills has done a tremendous job taking over the Mitch Rapp series. It was a seamless transition and each book is better then the last.

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