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David Baldacci Novels & Bio - Some featured David Baldacci Novels: Stone Cold, Simple Genius, The Camel Club, The Christmas Train, The Collectors, Saving Faith, Wish You Well, Absolute Power, The Simple Truth, Total Control, Hour Game, Split Second, The Whole Truth, The Winner and Last Man Standing. Baldacci received a B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. As a student, Baldacci wrote short stories in his spare time, and later practiced law for nine years near Washington, D.C.. While living in Alexandria, Virginia, Baldacci wrote short stories and screenplays without much success. In despair, he turned to novel writing, taking three years to write Absolute Power. It took Baldacci two years to get the book published, but when it finally did hit the shelves in 1996 it was an international best seller.

Dan Brown Novels & Bio - Some of the featured novels by Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress: A Thriller. From his bio: Dan Brown, best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code was born on June 22, 1964. He grew up in Exeter, New Hampshire and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, where his father, a Presidential Award winning math professor, taught for 35 years. Then, he matriculated to Amherst College, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, graduating in 1986. Brown later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a composer and musician without great success. He subsequently traveled to Seville where he studied art history...

Lee Child Novels & Bio - Some featured Lee Child Novels: Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher Novels), Running Blind (Jack Reacher), The Enemy (Jack Reacher), The Hard Way (Jack Reacher), Echo Burning, Tripwire (Jack Reacher), Die Trying, Without Fail (Jack Reacher), Nothing to Lose, and Persuader. 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 bought six dollars' worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book, Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series.

Michael Connelly Novels & Bio - Some of the featured Michael Connelly novels: The Lincoln Lawyer, The Closers, Lost Light, The Poet, The Black Ice, The Black Echo, The Narrows, Trunk Music, The Last Coyote, A Darkness More Than Night, Angels Flight, City of Bones.
From his bio:
Ace: First off, please forgive me for being late. I was on an all night surveilance keeping tabs on a wayward spouse. You were born in Massachusetts and raised in Washington, D.C. Right?
Connelly: I was born in Philadelphia, but I grew up in Florida. My family moved to Fort Lauderdale when I was eleven, and I didn't leave until I was thirty.
Ace: Whatever... And you were an only child. Right?
Connelly: I have two brothers and three sisters...

Patricia Cornwell Novels & Bio - Some of the featured novels: Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel & Unusual, The Body Farm, Black Notice, The Last Precinct, Blow Fly, Trace, Predator. From her bio: Born Patricia Daniels in Miami, Florida, she moved to North Carolina at age 7 following her parents' divorce. While attending Davidson College, she met English professor Charles Cornwell, who she married and subsequently divorced after 10 years. After graduating with a degree in literature, she worked as a crime-reporter for the Charlotte Observer and spent six years working as a computer analyst for the Virginia Chief Medical Examiner's Office. While there, she witnessed and, at times, assisted in hundreds of autopsies. She also served as a volunteer police officer...

Michael Crichton Novels & Bio - Some featured Michael Crichton Novels: Next, Eaters of the Dead, State of Fear, Congo, Sphere, The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, The Terminal Man, Jurassic Park, A Case of Need, Prey, Airframe, Timeline, The Lost World, and Rising Sun. Michael Crichton (born October 23, 1942) is an American author, film producer, film director, and television producer. His books sold over 150 million copies world wide, and among his best-known works are techno-thriller novels, films and television programs. His works are usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background...

Clive Cussler Novels & Bio - Some featured Clive Cussler Novels: The Chase, The Navigator (NUMA Files), Treasure of Khan, Skeleton Coast: A Novel of the Oregon Files, Dragon, The Mediterranean Caper, Dark Watch (Oregon Files), Pacific Vortex (Dirk Pitt Adventures), Polar Shift, Deep Six (Dirk Pitt Adventures), Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt Adventures), Iceberg, Treasure, Shock Wave (Dirk Pitt Adventures), Cyclops, Inca Gold (Dirk Pitt Adventures), White Death (NUMA Files), Night Probe and Dirk Pitt Revealed. Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois and grew up in Alhambra, California. He was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout when he was 14. He attended Pasadena City College for two years and then enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. During his service in the Air Force he was promoted to Sergeant and worked as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer for the Military Air Transport Service...

Nelson DeMille Novels & Bio - Some of DeMille's featured novels: Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, The General's Daughter, Spencerville, Plum Island, The Lion's Game, Up Country, and Night Fall. From his bio: Fans of Nelson DeMille have undoubtedly noticed that more than one of his novels have been set in Long Island, New York. There's good reason - he grew up there. Having been born in New York City on August 23, 1943, to Huron and Antonia DeMille, he and his family relocated to Long Island when he was still a child. Nelson was active in high school athletics, playing football and running track. After high school he attended Hoftra University for three years before joining the army. DeMille completed Officer Candidate School and served as a First Lieutenant from 1966 to 1969, seeing action as an infantry platoon leader with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam (in Quang Tri Provence, from November '67 to December '68). A decorated soldier, he was honored with the Air Medal, Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. The Vietnam War is another recurring theme that runs through DeMille's work...

Janet Evanovich Novels & Bio - Featured here are Evanovich's Stephanie Plum Series novels, like One for the Money, Two for Dough, Three to Get Deadly, Four to Score, High Five, Hot Six, Seven Up, Hard Eight, Nines, Ten Big Ones, and her Full series and Metro Girl novels. From her bio: "You can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take Jersey out of the girl." So states popular mystery novelist Janet Evanovich in the biographical sketch found at evanovich.com. Thank goodness for Jersey Girls! Because it's precisely that Jersey girl quality transferred to her protagonist and, alter-ego, Stephanie Plum that gives her mystery novels their unique flavor...

Ken Follett Novels & Bio - Some featured Ken Follett Novels: The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Dangerous Fortune, Triple, A Place Called Freedom, Paper Money, Night Over Water, Eye of the Needle, Pillars of the Almighty, and Hornet Flight. Ken Follett, the son of Martin and Veenie Follett, was born in Cardiff, Wales and lived there until the family moved to London ten years later. Barred from watching movies and television by his devoutly Christian parents, he developed an early interest in reading but remained an indifferent student until he entered his teens. Applying himself to his studies, he won admission in 1967 to University College London, where he studied philosophy and became involved in leftist politics. He married his first wife, Mary, in 1968.

Sue Grafton Novels & Bio - Just some of the featured Kinsey Milhone Mystery Novels: A is for Alibi, B is for Burglar, C is for Corpse, D is for Deadbeat, E is for Evidence, O is for Outlaw, P is for Peril, Q is for Quarry, R is for Ricochet, S is for Silence. From her bio: Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940) is a vastly popular American author of detective novels. Her works have been published in 28 countries and 26 languages—including international markets her readership is in the millions. She is best known for her chronological series of mystery novels set in and around the fictional town of Santa Teresa, California, written from the perspective of female private investigator Kinsey Milhone. Regarding the progression of her writing, this reply to a reader's question is posted on her website, suegrafton.com: "I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities. I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore and junior years, and then graduated from the University of Louisville in the summer of 1961. I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since...

John Grisham Novels & Bio - Some featured John Grisham novels: The Broker, The Partner, The Bleachers, The King of Torts, The Last Juror, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Firm, The Client, The Testament. From his bio: The unchallenged master of the legal thriller, John Grisham was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 8, 1955, the second of five siblings. His family, headed by his father who was a construction worker and a cotton farmer, moved frequently until 1967 when they settled in Southaven, a small town in De Soto County, Mississippi. Young John loved baseball and grew up with dreams of a professional career. Encouraged by his mother, he also became an avid reader. He was especially influenced by John Steinbeck whose clarity he admired. Eventually, he realized that pro ball wasn't in the cards so he applied himself to academics. Toward this end he attended Mississippi State University where he majored in accounting. While a student, Grisham began keeping a journal and thus developed the writing habit. He proceeded to get a law degree in 1981 and went on to practice small-town general law in Southaven for nearly a decade, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. In time, he became bored with criminal law and successful at civil law...

Carl Hiaasen Novels & Bio - Some featured Carl Hiaasen Novels: Nature Girl, The Best American Short Stories 2007, Skinny Dip, Skin Tight, Double Whammy, Stormy Weather, Tourist Season, Sick Puppy, Native Tongue, Baskey Case, Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World, Lucky You, Strip Tease, Powder Burn, Trap Line, A Death in China and Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen. Born and raised in Plantation, Florida, (near Fort Lauderdale) of Norwegian [1] heritage, Carl was the first of four children and the son of a lawyer, Odel, and teacher, Patricia. He married Connie Lyford just after high-school graduation and entered Emory University in 1970, where he contributed numerous satiric pieces to the school newspaper, The Emory Wheel. In 1972 he transferred to the University of Florida, graduating in 1974 with a degree in journalism. Carl and Connie divorced in 1996, and he married Fenia Clizer in 1999. He has one son from his first marriage and another from his second...

Dean Koontz Novels & Bio - Some featured suspense and horror novels: Velocity, The Taking, Cold Fire, Life Expectancy, Odd Thomas, The Bad Place, Intensity, Sole Survivor. From his bio: Dean Koontz was born and raised in Pennsylvania. To survive a difficult childhood, he turned early on to books which could transport him magically to a better world. The desire to create the same escape for others explains in part his motivation to become a writer. He graduated from Shippensburg State College (now Shippensburg University), and his first job after graduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where he was expected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. His first day on the job, he discovered that the previous occupier of his position had been beaten up by the very kids he had been trying to help and had landed in the hospital for several weeks. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension, and Koontz was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer...

Ed McBain Novels & Bio - Here are some of the titles available: Cop Hater (1956), The Mugger (1956), The Pusher (1956), The Con Man (1957), Killer's Choice (1957), Killer's Payoff (1958), Lady Killer (1958), Killer's Wedge (1959), 'Til Death (1959), King's Ransom (1959), Give The Boys A Great Big Hand (1960), The Heckler (1960), See Them Die (1960), Lady, Lady, I Did It (1961), The Empty Hours (1962), Like Love (1962), Ten Plus One (1963), Ax (1964), He Who Hesitates (1964), Doll (1965), Eighty Million Eyes (1966), Fuzz (1968), Shotgun (1969), Jigsaw (1970), Hail, Hail The Gang's All Here! (1971), * Sadie When She Died (1972), Let's Hear It For The Deaf Man (1972), Hail To The Chief (1973). McBain's final novel, Fiddlers, was released on September 12, 2005. It was his 55th 87th precinct novel. From his bio: Widely Credited with being the inventor of the modern police procedural, Ed McBain/Evan Hunter published his first 87th Precinct novel, Cop Hater, in 1956. Though he insists that Isola, the gritty city in all his Precinct novels--there are now more than 50--is imaginary, everyone knows he is writing about his hometown: Manhattan...

Nora Roberts Novels & Bio - Featuring Nora Roberts Romance Novels and the JD Robb "In Death" Series. Some Featured novels: O'Hurley's Return, Black Rose, Northern Lights, Calhouns, MacKade Brothers, Immortal in Death, Glory in Death, Black Rose, Rules of Play: Opposites Attract/The Heart's Victory. From her bio: Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring Maryland, the youngest of five children. Her early schooling included several years in Catholic school. Though she jokes about the nuns, the award winning writer credits them with instilling in her the work ethic that has made her one of the most popular and prolific authors of the last twenty years. "…the fact is the discipline that they drum into education sticks. You can have all the talent in the world but if you don't have the discipline to sit down and write on a regular basis, you're not going to write or publish any books." She married young, settled in Keedysville, Maryland, and worked briefly as a "really bad legal secretary." After her sons were born, she stayed at home and filled the hours by trying every craft that came along - ceramics, embroidery, sewing, canning, macramé, needlepoint, and baking. Then, came the fateful blizzard of '79...

Robert Parker Novels & Bio - Some featured Robert Parker Novels: Spare Change, High Profile (Jesse Stone Novels), Hundred Dollar Baby (Spenser), Sea Change (Jesse Stone), Walking Shadow (Spenser), Blue Screen (Sunny Randall), Now & Then, Night Passage, God Save the Child, Small Vices (Spenser), The Godwulf Manuscript, Potshot (Spenser), Sudden Mischief (Spenser), Crimson Joy, Hush Money (Spenser), Shrink Rap (Sunny Randall), Appaloosa and School Days (Spenser). Robert B. Parker (born September 17, 1932) is an acclaimed American writer of detective fiction. His most famous works are the Spenser series, which achieved a far wider audience due to being dramatized as a television series, Spenser: For Hire, on the ABC network during the late 1980s. His works explore aspects of human nature and incorporate considerable knowledge about the Boston metropolitan area.

James Patterson Novels & Bio - Some featured James Patterson Novels: Double Cross (Alex Cross), You've Been Warned, The Quickie, The 6th Target, 7th Heaven (Women's Murder Club), Cross, 3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club), Step on a Crack, Roses Are Red (Alex Cross Novels), 2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club), 1st to Die: A Novel, Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever (Maximum Ride), The Final Warning: A Maximum Ride Novel, Along Came a Spider, and Sunday's at Tiffany's. James B. Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an award-winning American author. Formerly the chairman of advertising company J. W. Thompson in the early 1990s, Patterson came up with the slogan "Toys R Us Kids". Shortly after his success with Along Came A Spider, he retired from the firm and devoted his time to writing. The novels— featuring his character, Alex Cross, an African-American forensic psychologist formerly of the Washington, D.C. Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation, now working as a private psychologist and government consultant— are the most popular books among Patterson readers...

John Sandford Novels & Bio - Some featured Lucas Davenport Prey Novels: Rules of Prey, Shadow Prey, Eyes of Prey, Silent Prey, Winter Prey, Night Prey, Mind Prey, Sudden Prey, Secret Prey, Certain Prey, Easy Prey, Chosen Prey, Mortal Prey, Naked Prey, Hidden Prey, Broken Prey. From his bio: John Sandford is the pseudonym of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. Camp was born in 1944 and was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He received his B.A. in American Studies from the University of Iowa, and received his first intensive training and experience as an army journalist and reporter. He served in Korea for 15 months working for his base newspaper. After the army, Camp spent 10 months working for the Cape Girardeau Se Missourian newspaper before returning to the University of Iowa for his Masters in Journalism. From 1971 to 1978, he worked as a general assignment reporter for the Miami Herald, covering killings and drug cases, among other beats, with his colleague, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edna Buchanan...

Children's Books (For All Ages) - Bestselling Children's Books (novels & biographies) - We have children's books for every age group - baby to 3, 4 to 8, 9 to 12, as well as books for teens. A few of our featured books: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator), Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator), Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, Gossip Girl #9: Only In Your Dreams by Cecily von Ziegesar, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson...

 

 
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