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Lee Child
 Lee Child was born in the exact geographic center of England, in the heart of the industrial badlands. Never saw a tree until he was twelve. It was the sort of place where if you fell in the river, you had to go to the hospital for a mandatory stomach pump. The sort of place where minor disputes were settled with box cutters and bicycle chains. He's got the scars to prove it. After university, Lee worked for Granada Television, well- known for shows like Brideshead Revisited, Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect and Cracker. His involvement with the good stuff was limited, but working on more than 40,000 hours of output taught him a thing or two about telling a story. But after 18 years, Lee was an expensive veteran and was laid off in 1995. He had an idea for a novel, featuring a character who had suffered the same downsizing experience but who was taking it completely in his stride. He named the character Jack Reacher and wrote Killing Floor as fast as he could, before his severance check ran out -- and made it with 7 weeks to spare. Luckily the book was an instant hit, selling all around the world and winning both the Anthony and Barry Awards for Best First Novel. It has led to contracts for at least 9 more Reacher novels, extending all the way into 2006. Lee moved from the UK to the US in the summer of 1998. He lives just outside New York City, with his American wife, Jane. They have a daughter, Ruth, and a small dog called Jenny. Lee fills his spare time with music, reading, and the New York Yankees. He likes to travel, for vacations, but especially on promotion tours so he can meet his readers, to whom he is eternally grateful. |
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Nothing to Lose
Thriller
One Shot
The Enemy
Persuader
Without Fail
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