Question: An American author of political thrillers endorsed a novel by which New York Times best-selling author?

full_context: Document 1: The Third Terrorist: The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing is a book by journalist Jayna Davis about evidence of an alleged conspiracy behind the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The Justice Department initially sought, but then abandoned its search for, a Middle East suspect. The book was published in April 2004 by Nelson Current Publishers, and became a New York Times best-seller. In contrast to conspiracy theories that the bombing was a false flag attack perpetrated by elements of the US government, the book presents a theory that links the Oklahoma City bombers to agents of Iraq and Al-Qaeda, operating under Iranian state sponsorship.
Document 2: The Survivor (Mills novel): The Survivor is the fourteenth novel in the Mitch Rapp series. It was published on October 6, 2015. It is the first novel in the series to be written by Kyle Mills, after the death of previous series author, Vince Flynn.
Document 3: Extreme Measures (novel): Extreme Measures is a thriller novel by Vince Flynn. The novel was a "New York Times" best seller. The book is the ninth in a series featuring counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp. In this story, Rapp works with CIA agent Mike Nash to battle a Taliban jihadist.
Document 4: The Battle for God: The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a book by best-selling author Karen Armstrong published in 2000 by Knopf/HarperCollins which the "New York Times" described as "one of the most penetrating, readable, and prescient accounts to date of the rise of the fundamentalist movements in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam". "The Battle for God" traces the history of the rise of fundamentalism in the three major monotheistic faiths. Armstrong's analysis starts with developments in Judaism and traces it through the creation of fundamentalism in Christianity to adoption of a similar approach to modernity in Islam.
Document 5: Vince Flynn: Vincent Joseph "Vince" Flynn (April 6, 1966 – June 19, 2013) was an American author of political thriller novels. He also served as a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series "24". He died on June 19, 2013, after a three-year battle with prostate cancer.
Document 6: The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2017: This is a list of adult fiction books that topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list in 2017, in the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction category. So far, the most frequent weekly best seller of the year is "Camino Island" by John Grisham with 5 weeks at the top of the list, followed by "The Shack" by William P. Young with 4 weeks.
Document 7: Brad Thor: Bradley George "Brad" Thor, Jr. (born August 21, 1969) is an American thriller novelist, author of "The Lions of Lucerne", "Path of the Assassin", "State of the Union", "Blowback", "Takedown", "The First Commandment", "The Last Patriot", "The Apostle", "Foreign Influence", "The Athena Project", "Full Black", "Black List", "Hidden Order", "Act of War," "Code of Conduct and Foreign Agent". His latest novel in the Harvath series, "Use of Force", released in June 2017. Thor's novels have been published in countries around the world. He also contributed a short story entitled "The Athens Solution" to the James Patterson-edited anthology, "Thriller". Thor also makes frequent appearances on Fox News and The Blaze.
Document 8: Separation of Power (novel): Separation of Power is Vince Flynn's fourth novel, and the third to feature Mitch Rapp, an American agent who works for the CIA as an operative for a covert counterterrorism unit called the "Orion Team".
Document 9: Executive Power: Executive Power is Vince Flynn's fifth novel, and the fourth to feature Mitch Rapp, an American agent that works for the CIA as an operative for a covert counter terrorism unit called the "Orion Team".
Document 10: God's Spy: God's Spy is a 2007 bestselling thriller novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado originally published in Spain. It has become an instant bestseller throughout Europe with a million copies sold to date and is going to be published in 42 countries. The plot is set in the Vatican, where, in the aftermath of Pope John Paul II's death, the hunt for a serial killer and sex offender — and former priest — reveals a chilling conspiracy. It is a detective story where the psychological portrait of Victor Karosky, the serial killer (which name is known from the first line of the book) is the spine of the novel. The action also takes place in a Maryland institution called the Saint Matthew Institute, a center for the rehabilitation of priest with a history of sexual abuse, which is based in a real-life place. This subject has aroused controversial issues in Catholic countries as Spain and Poland.
Document 11: Memorial Day (novel): Memorial Day is Vince Flynn's sixth novel, and the fifth to feature Mitch Rapp, an American CIA agent that works for the counterterrorism unit "Orion Team".
Document 12: Consent to Kill: Consent to Kill is the seventh novel by Vince Flynn and the sixth in a series that features CIA counterterrorism agent Mitch Rapp. In this thriller, Flynn focuses on the war on terror exploring all its aspects, from the president of the United States, to the CIA, the foot soldiers and the potentially deadly terrorists.
Document 13: The Third Option: The Third Option is Vince Flynn's third novel, and the 2nd to feature Mitch Rapp, an American agent that works for the CIA as an operative for a covert counterterrorism unit called the "Orion Team". The first in the Mitch Rapp series American Assassin, was written later, but was a prologue to Kill Shot.
Document 14: Knighthood of Salman Rushdie: In mid-June 2007 Salman Rushdie, the British Indian novelist and author of the controversial novel "The Satanic Verses", was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II. This action brought much controversy around the world in many countries with Muslim majority populations. Soon after the news of the knighthood was released protests against the honour were held in Malaysia and in Pakistan where effigies of the writer were publicly burnt. On 19 June 2007, governments in both Pakistan and Iran summoned their British ambassadors to officially protest against the award. While many groups and individuals have renewed the call to execute Rushdie, the author "is not commenting on the latest threats to his life. It is understood he is anxious not to inflame the situation". When asked by the Associated Press if his silence was at the request of the British government, Rushdie replied by e-mail stating "The British authorities have not asked me to do or not do anything. I have simply chosen to remain out of this storm for the moment. And nobody is turning anything down." The media noted in July 2007 that Rushdie "has not been seen in public since the 16 June announcement of his knighthood." However, he was photographed receiving his knighthood formally the next year at a ceremony which, breaking with tradition, did not announce in advance his attendance.
Document 15: Sword of God (novel): Sword of God was the third novel by "New York Times" bestselling author Chris Kuzneski. First published in September 2007 by Penguin Group (USA), the action thriller followed the exploits of Jonathon Payne and David "D.J." Jones as they slipped into the Islamic city of Mecca in order to rescue an American archaeologist. The book was endorsed by several notable authors, including Nelson DeMille, Vince Flynn, James Rollins, and Douglas Preston.
ground_truth: Chris Kuzneski