Author's articles
Jack Reacher Creator, Lee Child, Author Biographies
By Elizabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
Lee Child (pseudonym for Jim Grant) was born in 1954 in Coventry, England. When Lee was four years old, his parents moved the family to Handsworth Wood in Birmingham. He says that he was a ...
Writer of Suspense, Sue Grafton, Author Biographies
By Elizabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
Sue Grafton was born on April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky where she and her sister were also raised. Her parents were Attorney C.W. Grafton and Vivian Harnsberger Grafton. Her father also wrote in his ...
Romance Turned Suspense Writer, Janet Evanovich, Author Biographies
By Elizabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
Janet Evanovich was born Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey on April 22, 1943. She studied art for four years at Rutgers’ Douglass College of Art.
Janet married Peter Evanovich in 1964 and they ...
John Grisham, Author Biographies
By Elizabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
John Grisham published his first book, ‘A Time to Kill,’ in 1989. He said that it took him three years to write. He would get up early in the morning to write before going to ...
Novelist and Poet, Dr. Maya Angelou, Author Biographies
By Elzabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
Dr. Maya Angelou was born, Marguerite Johnson on April 24, 1928, in St Louis, Missouri. Her parents divorced when she was three years old. She, along with her brother Bailey, went to live with their ...
Political Thriller Novelist, David Baldacci, Author Biographies
By Elzabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
David Baldacci was born on August 5, 1960, in Richmond, Virginia. He hails from a working-class background. His father, Rudolph, was a trucking foreman who had lost most of his hearing in World War ll. ...
Legal Suspense Novelist, Scott Turow, Author Biographies
By Elzabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
Scott Turow was born on April 12, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from New Trier High School, he attended Amherst College where he graduated in 1970. He won a scholarship to attend Stanford College ...
Forensic Anthropologist and Novelist, Kathy Reichs, Author Biographies
By Elzabeth Lindsey · 14 years ago
Kathy Reichs was born Kathleen Joan Toelle in 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. She received a BA in Anthropology from American University in 1971. She received her MA in Physical Anthropology in 1972 and her PHD ...