Showing posts with label Jeffrey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeffrey. Show all posts

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Jeffrey Archer - author biographies

Jeffrey Howard Archer, April 15, 1940 in London and raised in Somerset, England. His parents were William, a printer and Lola Archer, a journalist. He received his training in Wellington and Brasenose College, Oxford. He has won the President of the University Athletic Club. He met his future wife, Mary Doreen Weeden, Oxford, where he studied chemistry. They married in 1966 and remained married. They have two sons, William and James.

Jeffrey wonPlace the Greater London Council. In 1969, aged 29, became a member of Parliament for Louth. Came out of the House of Commons in 1974 after having been on the verge of bankruptcy after a few bad investments. He turned his attention to writing and his first novels were bestsellers. Even today, says he wants more than the policy in writing.

From 1985 to 1986 Jeffrey Archer was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. In 1986 he sued a publication for falsely accusingPaying for sex with a prostitute. He won the case and received an astonishing 500,000 pounds of damage.

Jeffrey was the mayor of London, but in 1999, withdrew his candidacy. It 'been charged with five points, including perjury and conspiracy to pervert justice. It seems a friend finally admitted he lied on the witness stand Jeffrey. Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison. Jeffrey spent two years of his term in prison. His time inPrison brought three pounds Nonfiction known as Prison Diaries.

There seems to be mixed feelings about Jeffrey Archer. He is regarded as a controversial figure, a picaresque, humor, charm, a liar, a CAD, charismatic, witty, and a man devoid of self-introspection. One thing we know for sure that is a brilliant writer of novels and short stories and a playwright known. Jeffrey says he usually starts writing takes place from 6 to clock two hours, then a break of two hours. ThisWe continue around the clock day at 8 pm. Writes in long hand with a pen. He says that the letter is a serious matter and is not easy. You must be dedicated. He says: "A good novel combines good story with good writing."

Books by Jeffrey Archer:

Series:
Shall We Tell the President (1977)
Kane and Abel (1979)
The prodigal daughter (1982)
Kane and Abel 30th Anniversary Edition (2009)

Novels:
Not a penny more, not less than a Penny(1976)
First among equals (1984)
A question of honor (1986)
As the crow flies (1991)
Honor Among Thieves (1993)
The holder (1995)
The Fourth Estate (1996)
The eleventh commandment (1998)
Sons of Fortune (2002)
False Impression (2006)
A prisoner of birth (2008)
Paths of Glory (2009)

Collections:
A quiver full of arrows (1980)
A Twist in the tale (1988)
The play's the thing (1990)
Twelve red herrings (1994)
The Collected ShortStories (1997)
To make a long story short (2000)
A collection of short stories (2000)
The expert and Other Stories (2000)
The grass is always greener and other stories (2000)
Cat O 'Nine Tales (2006)
Word Play (The Collection Jeffrey Archer (2007)
And so it hangs a tale (2010)

Views:
Willy and the Killer Kipper (1981)
Without a doubt (1989)
Dial M for Murder (2001)
The accused (2001)

Books Series:
Hell (2002)(Written FF8282)
Purgatory (2003)
Heaven (2004)

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Suspense writer Jeffrey Deaver, author biographies

Best-selling author Jeffrey Wilds Deaver was born May 6.1950, near Chicago, Illinois in Glen Ellen. Jeffrey father was an advertising copywriter (hmm, not in writing in the family?) And his mother was a homemaker.

Even as a child was Jeffrey interest in books and writing materials. He started his first book when she was only 11 ° She says she always had a very vivid imagination.

Jeffrey has a BA from the University of Missouri. He worked asJournalist for a magazine before the Fordham University Law. While working at a large Wall Street law firm, Jeffrey began to write novels of suspense. He began to write full time in 1990.

Jeffrey writes fast plot driven novels. His books are full of complex twists and surprises. He says his goal is in writing for fun. He says: "My job is to scare people, and I will do what grabs them by the collar and complete them in the first chapter takesthe book.

Jeffrey also writes poetry and has published collections of short stories. Jeffrey has received numerous awards for his novels and short stories. Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie the lead role in the successful film "The Bone Collector", based on the first book in the series Lincoln Rhyme Novel Jeffrey.

In July 2003, Jeffrey appeared in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, as a corrupt reporter. He says that instead of a cameo role, which he expected, wasClearance to do some 'as true and stunt work for three days.

Jeffrey makes his home in North Carolina, where he and his partner shot, Madelyn and show Briard dogs. They are actively involved in animal protection organizations. Jeffrey says: "I would never hurt a child or an animal in my books."

Jeffrey has a younger sister, Julie Reece Deaver, books published for young people.
Asked how his friends describe him, he says, would say that was generous,
funstrange.

Bibliography:

Series:

Rune
Manhattan is My Beat (1988)
Death of a movie star Blue (1990)
Hard News (1991)
John Pellam
Shallow Graves (1992) (writing as William Jefferies)
Bloody River Blues (1993)
Hell's Kitchen (2001)

Lincoln Rhyme
The Bone Collector (1997)
The Coffin Dancer (1998)
The empty chair (2000)
The Stone Monkey (2002)
The Vanished Man (2003)
The Twelfth Card (2005)
The Cold Moon (2006)
TheBroken Window (2008)

Kathryn Dance
The Sleeping Doll (2007)
Roadside Crosses (2010)

Stand Alone Novels
Always a Thief (1988)
Voodoo (1988)
Mistress of Justice (1992)
The lesson of his death (1993)
Praying for Sleep (1994)
Speaking in tongues (1995)
A Maiden's Grave (1995)
1999 The Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Night of the Century ()
The Blue Nowhere (2001)
Garden of Beasts (2004)
The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Killer(2007)
Bodies Left Behind (2009)
Burning The Wire (2010)
Watchlist: A Serial Killer (2010)

Collections
Twisted: Collected Stories of Jeffery Deaver Vol 1 (2003)
Nocturne: and other stories full Twisted (2004)
More Twisted (2006)

Novelle
A dish served cold (2006)