Jim Grant

Novelist Lee Child is best known in literary circles for a series of thrillers about former police officer Jack Reacher, who randomly gets involved in drama and crime. The writer's works are a fruitful basis for detective series and films.

The real name of the writer is James Jim Grant. His biography dates back to October 29, 1954 in the English city of Coventry. James is the second of four sons. His younger brother Andrew Grant is also a writer, author of novels about David Trevelyan and detective Cooper Devereaux.

When Lee Child was 4 years old, the family moved to Birmingham to give the children a better education. Until the age of 11, the boy studied at Cherry Orchard Primary School, then at King Edward's School.

In 1974, a 20-year-old young man entered the University of Sheffield at the Faculty of Law, although he did not plan to further associate life with law. Lee Child devoted his free time not to law practice, but to work behind the scenes of the theater.

In 1977, the guy received a bachelor's degree in law. Years later, in 2009, Lee Child returned to university to pursue a Ph.D. in literature.

Before becoming a famous novelist, Lee Child worked in a senior position at the British television station Granada Television in Manchester. A man gave advertising 18 years of his life, from 1977 to 1995. He had to control over 40,000 hours of airtime, compose hundreds of commercials and news stories.

When Child, a loyal employee of Granada Television, was fired for not respecting the chain of command, he decided to become a great in spite of the corporation.

The author's literary pseudonym consists of two parts. Lee was born out of a joke when a family member took the name Renault's Le Car to sound like "Lee Car", meaning "Lee's car." As for Child, Grant dreamed of putting his books on the library shelves between the great novelists Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie.

Lee Child calls novels "the purest form of entertainment." The debut work, the main goal of which was to distract people from the oppressive reality, is "Floor of Death" (1997), the first thriller about Jack Reacher.

According to the plot, a former police officer arrives in Margrave, Georgia for a tour. Suddenly, a man is arrested on suspicion of a murder that happened the day before in a diner. Of course, there are those in law enforcement who believe that Jack is innocent. Together they find the real criminal, but they find themselves embroiled in a more serious case involving the "Aryan Brotherhood".

His debut novel about Reacher brought Lee Child international recognition - American, British and Japanese literary critics awarded the writer 5 trophies for best debut. Child takes on the writing of each new book in the series on the anniversary of the first novel. As a result, it turns out one book a year, in 2019 "Blue Moon" is published.

Lee Child's novels are called commercial, because the author focuses not on the literary appeal of the work, but on its relevance for the reader. For example, one of Reacher's parents is French. This fact of the hero's biography was introduced in order to attract fans from France. The writer calls the Jack Reacher novels a story of revenge:

For example, in the part "The Price of Her Life" (1998), a former detective is kidnapped along with a lame girl whom he helped to cross the road. "The Trap" (1999) is devoted to the investigation of the murder of a detective whom Jack accidentally meets at the resort.

Episode ideas are repeated periodically. So, in the part "Guest" (2000), as in "Floor of Death", Reacher is suspected of murder, but this time the victims are two women. "The Kidnapper" (2006) tells how Jack helps a businessman to get his wife out of captivity.

Reacher novels are great for film adaptations, with a lot of action, shooting, and drama in the narrative. So far, among two dozen works, only two novels have received a video version. "Shot" (2005) formed the basis of the action movie "Jack Reacher" (2012), the second part of the 2016 release was filmed for the "Never Come Back" part (2013). In both films, Tom Cruise played the main role.

Books about Jack Reacher, both novels and short stories, are published in 35 countries in 27 languages. Lee Child once commented that he would write about a former cop until the demand for narration of his adventures dwindles. Judging by the level of sales, the end of the writer's career is far away: the average sales of each piece are about 1 million copies.

In 1975, Lee Child married a girl named Jane. The couple is still together, living in the spouse's hometown - New York. Raising daughter Ruth. Their personal life is so secluded that the press does not have a single family photo.

The writer is a fan of the Aston Villa football club. Sometimes the names of players from this team appear in Reacher novels.

In April 2019, the premiere of the 24th book about Jack Reacher entitled "Blue Moon" will take place in the USA. Of course, fans of Lee Child's creativity will receive 25 novels, which are already being worked on.

The translation of the bestsellers into Russian is delayed, so in February 2019, only the 22nd novel, Midnight Line, will appear on the shelves of bookstores.

In November 2018, Lee Child announced that he had revoked the rights from Paramount Studios. Instead of a third film with Tom Cruise, the writer decided to shoot a series with another actor. The reason for the termination of creative cooperation was the low growth of Cruise (170 cm): in the novels, the powerful physique of the former police officer and his impressive height - 195 cm are repeatedly indicated.Therefore, Lee Child is now negotiating with Netflix and looking closely at tall actors.

1997 - "Floor of Death" 1998 - "The Price of Her Life" 1999 - "Trap" 2000 - "Guest" 2001 - "Bloody Echo" 2002 - "Precise Calculation" 2003 - "Means of Persuasion" 2004 - "Enemy" 2005 - "Shot "2006 -" The kidnapper "2007 -" Continuous problems and troubles "2008 -" Nothing to lose "2009 -" I'll leave tomorrow "2010 -" 61 hours "2010 -" It costs death "2011 -" Business "2012 -" Wanted "2013 -" Never Come Back "2014 -" Personal Interest "2015 -" Make Me "2016 -" Night School "2017 -" Midnight Line "2018 -" Past Time "2019 -" Blue Moon "

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