Lee Child
Lee Child
Jim Grant, better known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British thriller writer known for the Jack Reacher book series. This follows the adventures of a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher, who wanders the United States. His first novel, Killing Floor, won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth29 October 1954
squirrels guy generations
The third guy was different. He was what you got when you ate squirrels for four generations. Smarter than a rat and tougher than a goat, and jumpier than either one.
yesterday rose thorns
Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.
hate thinking people
I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.
fear scary steps
You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.
men affluence needs
I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.
talking saying-nothing said
I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.
writing answers way
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.
new-york children book
Many years from now when your children ask what New York City was like just after 9/11, this will be the book you give them in response. It's an exquisite novel full of heart, soul, passion and intelligence, and it's the one this great New York author was born to write.
written
Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!
jobs reading writing
So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.
writing people shy
Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.
hoping-for-the-best worst ultimatum
Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
phones government cells
Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around their neck so we can keep track of their movements. But people happily carry their cell phones in their purses and pockets.