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Lee Child






Lee Child

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born
January 01, 1954

gender
male

place of birth
Coventry, England, The United Kingdom

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


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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 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. 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 boug...more




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avg rating: 3.93 | 23,627 ratings | 2,542 reviews | 49 distinct works | 119 fans
Killing Floor Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Series #1)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.97 — 2,376 ratings — published 1997
19 editions
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Bad Luck and Trouble Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher Series, #11)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.91 — 1,908 ratings — published 2007
19 editions
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One Shot One Shot (Jack Reacher Series, #9)
by Lee Child
avg rating 4.00 — 1,809 ratings — published 2005
14 editions
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Die Trying Die Trying (Jack Reacher Series, #2)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.96 — 1,816 ratings — published 1998
15 editions
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The Hard Way The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Series, #10)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.97 — 1,758 ratings — published 2006
13 editions
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Persuader Persuader (Jack Reacher Series, #7)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.95 — 1,740 ratings — published 2003
16 editions
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The Enemy The Enemy (Jack Reacher Series, #8)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.99 — 1,665 ratings — published 2004
21 editions
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Tripwire Tripwire (Jack Reacher Series, #3)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.98 — 1,563 ratings — published 1999
21 editions
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Echo Burning Echo Burning (Jack Reacher Series, #5)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.87 — 1,553 ratings — published 2001
22 editions
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Running Blind Running Blind (Jack Reacher Series, #4)
by Lee Child
avg rating 3.98 — 1,355 ratings — published 2000
17 editions
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"Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!"
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"...he was keeping track of time. It was nearly two hours since he had last looked at his watch, but he knew what time it was to within about twenty seconds. It was an old skill, born of many long wakeful nights on active service. When you're waiting for something to happen, you close your body down like a beach house in winter and you let your mind lock onto the steady pace of the passing seconds. It's like suspended animation. It saves energy and it lifts the responsibility for your heartbeat away from your unconscious brain and passes it on to some kind of a hidden clock. Makes a huge black space for thinking in. But it keeps you just awake enough to be reach for whatever you need to be ready for. And it means you always know what time it is."
Lee Child (Die Trying)
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"They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. It was way too soon. They weren't ready. The attempt was a failure. It could have been a disaster, but it was actually a miracle. Because nobody noticed."
Lee Child (Without Fail)
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