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
writing secret surprise
I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.
writing three email
I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.
writing ideas people
I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.
writing office six-months
I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.
book writing kind
It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?
writing wish fulfillment
All of us write wish fulfillment.
book writing needs
I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.
writing answers way
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.
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.
fairly nine rule shown unspoken
There should be an unspoken rule that anything shown before, say, nine o'clock will be fairly inoffensive. After that, anything goes.
admit civilised love shoot walk
We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it.
civilization great
We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do?
authors female heroines inch male taller
Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors give their heroines better hair and slimmer thighs.