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Lee Child
Lee Child was born in 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his
formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won
a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He
went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in
the theatre he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned
out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during
British TV's "golden age." During his tenure his company made
Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and
Cracker.
But he was fired in 1995 at the age of 40 as a result of corporate
restructuring. Always a voracious reader, he decided to see an
opportunity where others might have seen a crisis and bought six
dollars' worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book,
Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series. Killing Floor was
an immediate success and launched the series which has grown in sales
and impact with every new instalment.
Lee has three homes - an apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the
south of France, and whatever air-plane cabin he happens to be in while
travelling between the two. In the US he drives a supercharged Jaguar,
which was built in Jaguar's Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the
hospital in which he was born.
Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the
Yankees, Aston Villa, or Marseilles soccer. He is married with a
grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a
refusal to exercise.
To read Lee’s revealing answers to the Booktopia Book Guru’s TEN TERRIFYING QUESTIONS…and to leave a comment - CLICK HERE
The Jack Reacher series (USA editions) | |
Jack Reacher | |
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Night School 2016 |
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Jack Reacher : Never Go Back - Order and Receive a Double Pass to See the Film! 2016 |
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Make Me 2015 |
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Personal 2015 |
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Never Go Back 2014 |
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Worth Dying For 2014 |
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Die Trying 2014 |
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Tripwire 2014 |
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The Visitor 2014 |
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Echo Burning 2014 |
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Persuader 2014 |
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One Shot 2014 |
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The Hard Way 2014 |
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Bad Luck and Trouble 2014 |
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Nothing To Lose 2014 |
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Killing Floor 2014 |
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The Affair 2014 |
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A Wanted Man 2014 |
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61 Hours 2014 |
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Without Fail 2014 |
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The Enemy 2014 |
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Gone Tomorrow 2014 |
All Titles | |
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Killing Floor 1998 |
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Die Trying 1999 |
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Tripwire 2000 |
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The Visitor (also published as 'Running Blind') 2001 |
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Echo Burning 2002 |
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Without Fail : Jack Reacher Series 6 2003 |
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Persuader 2004 |
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The Enemy 2005 |
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One Shot 2006 |
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The Hard Way 2007 |
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Bad Luck And Trouble 2008 |
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Nothing to Lose 2009 |
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Gone Tomorrow 2010 |
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61 Hours 2010 |
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Worth Dying For 2011 |
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Second Son 2011 |
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The Affair 2012 |
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Deep Down 2012 |
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One Shot 2012 |
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Vengeance 2013 |
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A Wanted Man 2013 |
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High Heat 2013 |
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Die Trying 2014 |
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Tripwire 2014 |
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The Visitor 2014 |
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Echo Burning 2014 |
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Persuader 2014 |
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One Shot 2014 |
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Bad Luck and Trouble 2014 |
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Nothing To Lose 2014 |
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Killing Floor 2014 |
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The Affair 2014 |
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61 Hours 2014 |
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Without Fail 2014 |
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The Enemy 2014 |
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Gone Tomorrow 2014 |
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Never Go Back 2014 |
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Three Jack Reacher Novellas (with Bonus Jack Reacher's Rules) 2014 |
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Not A Drill (A Jack Reacher short story) 2014 |
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Jack Reacher Omnibus 2014 |
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Personal 2015 |
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Small Wars 2015 |
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Make Me 2015 |
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Night School 2016 |