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Lee Child

This article is about the British writer. For the Irish rugby league footballer, seeLee Child (rugby league).For the British tennis player, seeLee Childs.

James Dover Grant[1]CBE(born 29 October 1954), primarily known by hispen nameLee Child,is a British author who writesthrillernovels, and is best known for hisJack Reachernovel series.[2]The books follow the adventures of a former Americanmilitary policeman,Jack Reacher,who wanders the United States. His firstnovel,Killing Floor(1997), won both theAnthony Awardand the 1998Barry Award for Best First Novel.[3][4]

Lee Child

CBE
Child at Bouchercon XLI, 2010
Child atBouchercon XLI,2010
BornJames Dover Grant
(1954-10-29)29 October 1954(age 70)
Coventry,Warwickshire,England
OccupationAuthor
EducationKing Edward's School, Birmingham
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield(LLB)
Period1985–present
GenreCrime fiction,mystery,thriller
Notable worksJack Reacherseries of novels
Spouse
Jane Grant
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(m.1975)​
Children1
RelativesAndrew Grant(brother)
Signature
Lee Child's voice
Recorded December 2013from the BBC Radio 4 programmeBookclub

Early life and education

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Grant was born inCoventry.[5]His Northern Irish father, who was born inBelfast,was a civil servant who lived in the house where the singerVan Morrisonwas later born.[6][7]He is the second of four sons;[8]his younger brother,Andrew Grant,is also a thriller novelist. Grant's family moved toHandsworth WoodinBirminghamwhen he was four years old so that the boys could receive a better education.[9]Grant attended Cherry Orchard Primary School in Handsworth Wood until the age of 11. He attendedKing Edward's School, Birmingham.[10]

In 1974, at the age of 20, Grant studiedlaw[11]atUniversity of Sheffield,though he had no intention of entering the legal profession. During his student days, he worked backstage in a theatre.[7]After graduating, he worked incommercial television.[11]He received aBachelor of Laws(LLB) degree from the University of Sheffield in 1977 and returned to the university to receive anhonoraryDoctor of Letters(DLitt) in 2009.[12]

Career

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Television production career

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Grant atBouchercon XL,2009

Grant joinedGranada Television,part of the UK'sITVNetwork, inManchesteras apresentation director.[13]There he was involved with shows includingBrideshead Revisited,The Jewel in the Crown,Prime Suspect,andCracker.Grant was involved in the transmission of more than 40,000 hours of programming for Granada, writing thousands of commercials and news stories.[14]He worked at Granada from 1977 to 1995[7]and ended his career there with two years as a trade unionshop steward.[15]

Writing career

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After losing his job because of corporate restructuring,[13]Grant decided to start writing novels, which he later called "purest form of entertainment."[16]In 1997, his first novel,Killing Floor,was published. Child moved to the United States, where he married a New Yorker.[11]He starts each new book of the series on an anniversary of his starting the first book after losing his job.[17]

His pen name "Lee" comes from a mispronunciation of the name of Renault'sLe Car,as "Lee Car". Calling anything "Lee" became a family gag. His daughter, Ruth, was "lee child".[18]The name has the advantage of placing his books Alpha betically on bookshop and library shelves betweencrime fictiongreatsRaymond ChandlerandAgatha Christie.[13]

Grant has said that he came up with the name Reacher for the central character in his novels when he was grocery shopping with his wife Jane atAsdasupermarket inKendal,Cumbria,when he was living atKirkby Lonsdale.[19]Grant's height often leads to people asking him to get something for them from a high shelf. Jane once joked: "'Hey, if this writing thing doesn't pan out, you could always be a reacher in a supermarket.'... 'I thought, Reacher – good name.'"[7]

Some books in theJack Reacherseries are written in the first person, while others are written in the third person. Grant has characterised the books as revenge stories – "Somebody does a very bad thing, and Reacher takes revenge" – driven by his anger at the downsizing at Granada. Although English, he deliberately chose to write American-style thrillers.[13] In 2007, Grant collaborated with 14 other writers to create the 17-part serial thrillerThe Chopin Manuscript,narrated byAlfred Molina.This was broadcast weekly onAudiblebetween 25 September 2007 and 13 November 2007.

Grant worked as a visiting professor at theUniversity of Sheffieldfrom November 2008. In 2009, Grant funded 52 Jack Reacher scholarships for students at the university.[20]

Grant was elected president of theMystery Writers of Americain 2009.[21]Grant was the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in 2018, part of theHarrogate International Festivalsportfolio.[22]

In 2019, it was announced that Child would curate a new TV show calledLee Child: True Crime.The show will dramatise real-life crime stories from around the world and focus on average people who go to extraordinary lengths to fight crime or seek justice.[23]

In January 2020, Child announced that he would retire from writing theJack Reacherseries and hand it to his brotherAndrew Grant,who would write further books of the series under the surname Child.[24]He intended to write the next few books with Grant before passing the series entirely over to him.[25]

Writing style

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Grant's prose has been described as "hardboiled"and" commercial "in style. In a 2012 interview, Grant said many aspects of the Jack Reacher novels were meant to maintain the books' profitability, rather than for literary reasons. For instance, Jack Reacher was given one French parent in part to increase the series' appeal in France. The interviewer wrote that Grant" didn't apologise about the commercial nature "of his fiction.[26]

Child has listedJohn D. MacDonald,Alistair MacLean,andRobert B. Parkeras influences on the Reacher series.[27]

Other activities

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In 2019, Child collaborated with musicians Jennifer and Scott Smith of the group Naked Blue on an album of music exploring Jack Reacher, in song. He contributed vocals to the track "Reacher Said Nothing."[28]

In 2020 Child joined theBooker Prizejudging panel, alongside chairMargaret Busby,Sameer Rahim,Lemn Sissay,andEmily Wilson.[29][30][31]

Philanthropy

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In January 2012, Grant donated £10,000 for a new vehicle for the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team inWales.[32]

Grant is an annual sponsor and original member of ThrillerFest.[33]

Personal life

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Grant married his wife Jane and moved toNew Yorkstate. They have a daughter, Ruth.[11][7]

Grant is a fan ofAston Villa Football Club;[34]his books sometimes include the names of Aston Villa players.[35]

In 2013, Grant rejected claims that he wrote while under the influence ofmarijuanathat were initially reported in theDaily Mail.[36]

Works

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Novels

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Jack Reacherseries:

Pub. order Title Year ISBN Perspective
1 Killing Floor 1997 0-593-04143-7 1st Person
2 Die Trying 1998 0-593-04144-5 3rd Person
3 Tripwire 1999 0-593-04393-6 3rd Person
4 The Visitor(UK), orRunning Blind(US) 2000 0-593-04399-5 3rd Person
5 Echo Burning 2001 0-593-04659-5 3rd Person
6 Without Fail 2002 0-593-04686-2 3rd Person
7 Persuader 2003 0-593-04689-7 1st Person
8 The Enemy 2004 0-593-05182-3 1st Person
9 One Shot 2005 0-593-05183-1 3rd Person
10 The Hard Way 2006 978-0-593-05184-9 3rd Person
11 Bad Luck and Trouble 2007 978-0-593-05701-8 3rd Person
12 Nothing to Lose 2008 978-0-593-05702-5 3rd Person
13 Gone Tomorrow 2009 978-0-593-05705-6 1st Person
14 61 Hours 2010 978-0-593-05706-3 3rd Person
15 Worth Dying For 2010 978-0-593-06566-2 3rd Person
16 The Affair 2011 978-0-593-06570-9 1st Person
17 A Wanted Man 2012 978-0-593-06573-0 3rd Person
18 Never Go Back 2013 978-0-593-06574-7 3rd Person
19 Personal 2014 978-0-593-07382-7 1st Person
20 Make Me 2015 978-0-593-07388-9 3rd Person
21 Night School 2016 978-0-593-07390-2 3rd Person
22 The Midnight Line 2017 978-0-593-07818-1 3rd Person
23 Past Tense[37] 2018 978-0-593-07819-8 3rd Person
24 Blue Moon[38] 2019 978-1-787-63219-6 3rd Person
25^ The Sentinel[39] 2020 978-1-787-63361-2 3rd Person
26^ Better Off Dead 2021 978-1-787-63373-5 1st Person
27^ No Plan B 2022 978-1-787-63375-9 3rd Person
28^ The Secret 2023 978-1-787-63377-3 3rd Person
29^ In Too Deep 2024 978-0-857-50559-0 3rd Person
30^ Exit Strategy 2025

Note: For consistency, ISBN is that of theBantam Press(UK) hardcover, first printing only.
^ by Lee Child andAndrew Child

Non-fiction

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Short stories

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Collections:

  • No Middle Name(2017), collection of two novellas and ten short stories from theJack Reacherseries:
    "Too Much Time" (novella), "Deep Down", "Everyone Talks", "Guy Walks into a Bar", "High Heat" (novella), "James Penney's New Identity" (1999 version), "Maybe They Have a Tradition", "No Room at the Motel", "Not a Drill", "Second Son","Small Wars "," The Picture of the Lonely Diner "
  • Safe Enough(2024), collection of twenty short stories:
    "The Bodyguard", "The Greatest Trick of All", "Ten Keys", "Safe Enough", "Normal in Every Way", "The.50 Solution", "Public Transportation", "Me and Mr. Rafferty", "Section 7 (a) (Operational)", "Addicted to Sweetness", "The Bone-Headed League", "I Heard a Romantic Story", "My First Drug Trial", "Wet with Rain", "The Truth About What Happened", "Pierre, Lucien & Me", "New Blank Document", "Shorty and the Briefcase", "Dying for a Cigarette", "The Snake Eater by the Numbers"

Jack Reacherseries:

Title Year Notes
"James Penney's New Identity" 1999, edited 2006 The 1999 version is longer. Collected inFresh Blood 3(edited by Mike Ripley andMaxim Jakubowski) and inThriller(US)
"Guy Walks into a Bar" 2009 Prequel to novelGone Tomorrow,inThe New York Times[40]
"Second Son" 2011 Electronic short story
"Knowing you're Alive" 2011 WithM. J. Rose.Crossover withButterfield Instituteseries. Collected inIn Session
"Deep Down" 2012 Electronic short story
"High Heat" 2013 Electronic novella
"Everyone Talks" 2013 InEsquire(June/July 2012, US edition)
"Not a Drill" 2014 Electronic short story
"Good and Valuable Consideration" 2014 WithJoseph Finder.CrossoverwithNick Hellerseries. Collected inFace Off(edited byDavid Baldacci)
"No Room at the Motel" 2014
"Small Wars" 2015 Electronic short story
"The Picture of the Lonely Diner" 2015
"Maybe they Have a Tradition" 2016
"Faking a Murderer" 2017 WithKathy Reichs.Crossover withTemperance Brennanseries. Collected inMatchup
"Too Much Time" 2017 Novella
"The Christmas Scorpion" 2017 Electronic short story
"The Fourth Man" 2018 Included in Australian paperback ofPast Tense
"Cleaning the Gold" 2019 WithKarin Slaughter.Crossover withWill Trentseries
"Smile" 2019 Collected inInvisible Blood

Other short stories:

  • "The Snake Eater by the Numbers", chapter six from the serialized novelLike a Charm(2004, edited byKarin Slaughter)
  • "Ten Keys", collected inThe Cocaine Chronicles(2005, edited by Jervey Tervalon andGary Phillips)
  • "The Greatest Trick of All", collected inGreatest Hits(2005, edited byRobert J. Randisi), and inThe Best British Mysteries IV(2007)
  • "Safe Enough", collected inMWA Presents Death Do Us Part(2006)
  • "The.50 Solution", collected inBloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology(2006)
  • Chapter 15 from audio serialized novelThe Chopin Manuscript(2007)
  • "Public Transportation", collected inPhoenix Noir(2009)
  • One chapter from audio serialized novelThe Copper Bracelet(2009)
  • Story collected inThe World's Greatest Crime Writers tell the inside Story of Their Great Detectives,orThe Line Up(2010), aboutJack Reacherand his origins
  • "Me and Mr. Rafferty", collected inThe Dark End of the Street(2010, edited by Jonathan Santlofer andS. J. Rozan)
  • "Section 7 (a) (Operational)", collected inAgents of Treachery(2010)
  • "The Bodyguard", collected inFirst Thrills(2010, edited by Lee Child)
  • "Addicted to Sweetness", collected inMWA Presents The Rich and the Dead(2011, edited byNelson DeMille)
  • "The Bone-Headed League", collected inA Study in Sherlock(2011)
  • "I Heard a Romantic Story", collected inLove is Murder(2012)
  • "The Hollywood I Remember", collected inVengeance(2012, edited by Lee Child)
  • "My First Drug Trial", collected inThe Marijuana Chronicles(July 2013)
  • "Wet with Rain", collected inBelfast Noir(November 2014)
  • "The Truth About What Happened", collected inIn Sunlight or in Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper(December 2016)
  • "Chapter 6: The Fortune Cookie" from the novelAnatomy of Innocence(March 2017)
  • "Pierre, Lucien & Me", collected inAlive in Shape and Color(December 2017)
  • "New Blank Document", collected inIt Occurs to Me that I am America(January 2018)
  • "Shorty and the Briefcase", collected inTen Year Stretch(April 2018)
  • "Dying for a Cigarette", collected inThe Nicotine Chronicles(2020)
  • "Normal in Every Way", collected inDeadly Anniversaries(2020)

Adaptations

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  • Jack Reacher(2012), film directed and written byChristopher McQuarrie,based on novelOne Shot.An American thriller film starringTom Cruise.Grant made a cameo appearance as a police desk sergeant in the film.[41]
  • Jack Reacher: Never Go Back(2016), film directed byEdward Zwick,and written byRichard Wenk,Zwick, and Marshall Herskovitz, based on the novelNever Go Back.With Tom Cruise reprising the role. In the film, the final scene is set inNew Orleans,which was not a location in the book. Grant made a cameo appearance as an airport ticket agent in the film.
  • Reacher(2022), anAmazon Primeseries starringAlan Ritchson.In the last episode of season 1, Grant can be seen in the last chapter as a man walking out of the diner who says "Excuse me" when passing Reacher. Reacher then speaks to Finlay and eats a piece of peach pie.

Awards

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Awards of novels

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Child receiving aBarry Awardin 2005 forThe Enemy.
Novel title Year Awards/Nominations
Killing Floor 1997 Anthony Award;Barry Award;Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize;Dilys Awardnominee;Macavity Awardnominee
Die Trying 1998 WH SmithThumping Good Read Award
Without Fail 2002 Dilys Award nominee;Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Awardnominee
Persuader 2003 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award nominee
The Enemy 2004 Barry Award;Nero Award;Dilys Award nominee
One Shot 2005 Macavity Award nominee
Bad Luck and Trouble 2007 Shortlisted forTheakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award,2009[42]
61 Hours 2010 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award,2011
A Wanted Man 2012 Specsavers' National Book Award,Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year[43]
Personal 2014 RBA Prize for Crime Writingvalued at €125,000[44]

Honorary degrees

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Child has receivedhonorary degreesfrom several universities. These include:

Location Date School Degree
England 2009 University of Sheffield Doctor of Letters(DLitt)[45][46]
England 21 July 2011 De Montfort University Doctor of Letters(DLitt)[47]
England 2023 Coventry University Doctor of Letters(DLitt)

Other awards

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Year Award
2005 The Bob Kellogg Good Citizen Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Internet Writing Community[citation needed]
2013 Cartier Diamond Dagger,lifetime achievement by theCrime Writers' Association[48]
2017 ThrillerMaster, lifetime achievement, by theInternational Thriller Writersassociation[49]
2017 Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction, lifetime achievement, Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival,Harrogate International Festivals[50]
2019 Author of the Year, lifetime achievement,British Book Awards[51]

Honours

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Grant was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire(CBE) in the2019 Queen's Birthday Honours Listfor services to literature.[52]

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