Lee Child
1954
164 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Lee Child was born in 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater 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. 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 (now 15 book) Jack Reacher series.
-- from leechild.com
Also published as: LEE CHILD, Lee Child (Editor), Child, Lee, CHILD, LEE, Child Lee, Lee CHILD
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Killing Floor
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Without Fail
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61 hours
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Never Go Back
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