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April 30, 1949 in Shelby, Montana, The United States

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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: 3.54 · 3,985 ratings · 525 reviews · 32 distinct works
Six Days of the Condor
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 1,219 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions
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Mad Dogs
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
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Rivers of Darkness
3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 21 ratings5 editions
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Shadow of the Condor
3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions
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Thunder
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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White Flame
2.88 of 5 stars 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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Catch the Wind
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1980
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2.8 of 5 stars 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Runner in the Street
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings3 editions
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Steeltown
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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The Condor (2 books)
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Razor Game Just a Shot Away
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John Rankin (2 books)
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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”
James Grady, Six Days of the Condor

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