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Lee Child

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We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it.


— Lee Child


#admit #civilised #doubt #happy #head

What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.


— Lee Child


#almost #i #june #maybe #midnight

Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself.


— Lee Child


#i #i am #myself #pretty #sure

You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag.


— Lee Child


#because #consequences #course #drag #having

You mustn't fall in love with your own hero.


— Lee Child


#hero #love #mustn #own #you

Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset.


— Lee Child


#days #into #mysterious #off #over

I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.


— Lee Child


#away #corporate #decided #employment #experience

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.


— Lee Child


#desks #email #empty #i #internet

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.


— Lee Child


#i #i see #people #see #showbusiness

A calm environment is for after I finish work.


— Lee Child


#calm #environment #finish #i #work






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Grant has said that he chose the name Reacher for the central character in his novels because he is himself tall and in a supermarket (Asda in Kendal Cumbria when he was living in Kirkby Lonsdale) his wife Jane told him: "Hey if this writing thing doesn't pan out you could always be a reacher in a supermarket. Novels and awards


Other awards
2005 The Bob Kellogg Good Citizen Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Internet Writing Community
2013 Cartier Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement by the Crime Writers' Association


Short stories
"James Penney's New Identity" from Fresh Blood 3 (edited by Mike Ripley and Maxim Jakubowski) and from Thriller (US)
"The Snake Eater by the Numbers" from Like a Charm (edited by Karin Slaughter)
"Ten Keys" from The Cocaine Chronicles (edited by Jervey Tervalon and Gary Phillips)
"The Greatest Trick of All" from Greatest Hits (edited by Robert J Randisi)
"Guy Walks Into a Bar. R.

Jim Grant (born 29 October 1954) better known by his pen name Lee Child is a British thriller writer. Each of Child's novels follows the adventures of a former American military policeman Jack Reacher who wanders the United States.

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