Lee Child

Person · Open Library

Born

1954

Works

118

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Film & TV

Writing · Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK

Lee Child was born in the exact geographic centre of England, in the heart of the industrial badlands. Never saw a tree until he was 12. It was the sort of place where if you fell in the river, you had to go to the hospital for a mandatory stomach pump. The sort of place where minor disputes were settled with box cutters and bicycle chains. He's got the scars to prove it.

Known for

• Reacher — Diner Patron (uncredited)2022
• Jack Reacher: Never Go Back — Airport Security2016
• Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott — Self2016
• Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around — Self2013
• A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers — Self2013
• Jack Reacher — Desk Sergeant2012

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,594

Total plays

130,366

James Dover Grant CBE (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his Jack Reacher novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher, who wanders the United States. His first novel, Killing Floor (1997), won both the Anthony Award, and the Barry Award for Best First Novel. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lee+Child">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

   · 1988 · cited 94,873x

2. Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.

   · 2003 · cited 64,899x

3. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 34,535x

4. Coefficient Alpha and the Internal Structure of Tests

   · 1951 · cited 29,382x

5. Particle mesh Ewald: An <i>N</i>⋅log(<i>N</i>) method for Ewald sums in large systems

   · 1993 · cited 29,200x

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Quotes

• “Long experience had taught me that absolute silence is the best way. Say something, and it can be misheard. Misunderstood. Misinterpreted. It can get you convicted. It can get you killed. Silence upsets the arresting officer. He has to tell you silence is your right but he hates it if you exercise that right. I was being arrested for murder. But I said nothing.”
• “I thought: should I be worried? I was under arrest. In a town where I'd never been before. Apparently for murder. But I knew two things. First, they couldn't prove something had happened if it hadn't happened. And second, I hadn't killed anybody. Not in their town, and not for a long time, anyway.”
• “So he died, because for a split second he got brave. But not then. He died much later, after the split second of bravery had faded into long hours of wretched gasping fear, and after the long hours of fear had exploded into long minutes of insane screaming panic.”
• “Jack Reacher stayed alive, because he got cautious. He got cautious because he heard an echo from his past. He had a lot of past, and the echo was from the worst part of it.”
• “The protection he relied on for nearly thirty years was based on just two things. The same two things anybody uses to protect against any danger. The same way a nation protects itself against an enemy missile, the same way an apartment dweller protects himself against a burglar, the same way a boxer guards against a knockout blow. Detection and response. Stage one, stage two. First you spot the threat coming in, and then you react to it.”
• “He had no living relatives anywhere capable of leaving him a fortune in a will. He owed no money. He had never stolen anything, never cheated anybody. Never fathered any children. He was on as few pieces of paper as it was possible for a human being to get. He was just about invisible.”

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Key facts

Born

James Dover Grant , ( 1954-10-29 ) 29 October 1954 (age 71) , Coventry , Warwickshire , England

Occupation

Author

Education

King Edward's School, Birmingham

Alma mater

University of Sheffield ( LLB )

Period

1985–present

Genre

Crime fiction , mystery , thriller

Notable works

Jack Reacher series of novels

Spouse

Jane Grant ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 ) ​

Relatives

Andrew Grant (brother)

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Wikidata facts

Official website

www.jackreacher.com

Image

Lee Child 2.jpg

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