Lincoln Child






Lincoln Child

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Westport, Connecticut, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers


about this author

Lincoln Child was born in Westport, Connecticut, which he still calls his hometown (despite the fact that he left the place before he reached his first birthday and now only goes back for weekends).

Lincoln seemed to have acquired an interest in writing as early as second grade, when he wrote a short story entitled Bumble the Elephant (now believed by scholars to be lost). Along with two dozen short stories composed during his youth, he wrote a science-fiction novel in tenth grade called Second Son of Daedalus and a shamelessly Tolkeinesque fantasy in twelfth grade titled The Darkness to the North (left unfinished at 400 manuscript pages). Both are exquisitely embarrassing to read today and are kept under lock and key by the auth...more




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avg rating: 3.85 | 28,885 ratings | 2,703 reviews | 41 distinct works | 94 fans
Deep Storm: A Novel Deep Storm: A Novel
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 3.56 — 855 ratings — published 2007
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Utopia Utopia
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 3.65 — 479 ratings — published 2002
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Death Match Death Match
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 3.49 — 477 ratings — published 2004
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Terminal Freeze Terminal Freeze
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 3.28 — 449 ratings — published 2009
4 editions
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Dark Company: The Ten Greatest... Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 1984
2 editions
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Tales of the Dark 2 Tales of the Dark 2
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1987
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Tales of the Dark 3 Tales of the Dark 3
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1988
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Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelv... Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelve Great Ghost Stories
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1985
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Tales of the Dark Tales of the Dark
by Lincoln Child
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1987
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Eden. Tödliches Programm Eden. Tödliches Programm
by Lincoln Child, Ronald M. Hahn
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2006
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