Lee Child was born in 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV's "golden age." During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. But he was fired in 1995 at the age of 40 as a result of corporate restructuring. Always a voracious reader, he decided to see an opportunity where others might have seen a crisis and bought six dollars' worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book, Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series.

Killing Floor was an immediate success and launched the series which has grown in sales and impact with every new installment.

Lee has three homes - an apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the south of France, and whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while traveling between the two. In the US he drives a supercharged Jaguar, which was built in Jaguar's Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the hospital in which he was born.

Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the Yankees, Aston Villa, or Marseilles soccer. He is married with a grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a refusal to exercise.

JACK REACHER SHORT STORY

'James Penney's New Identity' - a short story by Lee Child Click here >


INTERVIEWS / ARTICLES

"Like Dan Brown, but better" - so says The Sunday Telegraph Read the feature >

Daily Mail Cutting >
Lee Child talks about the secret of his success in an article relating to the new Daily Mail First Novel Award.

A Reacher Moment Or Two >
Interview with Lee Child by Bob Cornwell from Tangled Web, May 2005.

The Persuasive Lee Child >
Interview with Lee Child by Ali Karim in January magazine, 2003.

Shooting the Breeze with Lee Child >
Interview with Lee Child by Ali Karim in Shots eZine, April 2005.

Ink Q&A >
A Short Interview with Lee Child, 2005.

Download the full-length 2007 podcast from iTunes, or view the rest here.

Links
The Official Lee Child Web Site >
Reacher Creatures >
Wikipedia (Jack Reacher) >
Wikipedia (Lee Child) >
Shotsmag >
Jack Reacher Blogspot >
Fantastic Fiction >

TOUR DATES
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