Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille
Nelson Richard DeMilleis an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay and Brad Matthews...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 August 1943
anxiety panic abiding
Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.
women degrees patient
Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
jobs distance home
Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.
inspiration
Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.
husband knowing way
Kate had never been married, so she had no way of knowing if I was a normal husband. This has been good for our marriage.
want mystery bother
I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know.
people scary nuclear
Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but dont rise to the level of nuclear.
war book army
I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I was very much caught up in the Cold War, and books and movies about espionage.
book long aristocracy
There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.
beach home gold
I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.
real suspense-novels way
You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.
writing hobbies made
Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.
left
There is no terra incognito left.
writing firsts world
The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.