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James Grady

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About this author

James Grady is a longtime author of thrillers, police procedural and espionage novels. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974. During college, he worked for United States Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana as an staff member.

From 1974 - 1978 he was an investigative journalist for the famous muckraker Jack Anderson. Best known as the author of [Book:Six Days of the Condor], which was adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford in 1975.

James Grady has gone on to write almost a dozen more novels in the thirty-eight years since [Book:Six Days of the Condor] was published.

In the past James Grady has written under the pseudonyms of James Dalton and Brit Shelby.


Average rating: 3.73 · 8,886 ratings · 696 reviews · 36 distinct works · Similar authors
Six Days of the Condor
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 4,195 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions
Mad Dogs
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
Shadow of the Condor
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions
Rivers of Darkness
3.15 of 5 stars 3.15 avg rating — 33 ratings5 editions
3 Days of the Condor
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings2 editions
Unusual Suspects: A New Ant...
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996
Thunder
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
White Flame
3.07 of 5 stars 3.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
Just a Shot Away
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1987
Runner in the Street
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings3 editions
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“Do you thinking not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?"--Robert Redford from the 1975 movie Three Days of the Condor”
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“The adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, a team generally regarded as seeking justice, can be compared to the adventures of Rex Stout's two most famous characters, Nero Wolf and Archie Goodwin.”
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