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Tuesday 06 April
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The creator of Jack Reacher and author of fourteen thrillers, Child has redefined the thriller genre. His new book 61 Hours is sure to be another rollicking page-turner. He talks with John Birmingham.
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Lee Child
Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds.
His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently the CWA’s Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction, the International Thriller Writers’ ThrillerMaster and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award.
John Birmingham
John Birmingham is the author of the cult classic He Died With a Felafel in His Hand and most recently the thriller, Without Warning.
He has also written the award-winning history Leviathan and the trilogy comprising Weapons of Choice: World War 2.1, Designated Targets: World War 2.2 and Final Impact: World War 2.3.
Between writing books he contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines on topics as diverse as biotechnology and national security.
Before becoming a writer he began his working life as research officer with the Defence Department’s Office of Special Clearances and Records.