David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1950. He is an associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post and the author of twelve espionage novels, among them “Body of Lies” (2007), which Ridley Scott made into a film. Ignatius grew up in Washington, D.C., where his father, Paul … Read more
Mary Higgins Clark (1927 to 2020) was an American author of suspense novels, beginning with “Where Are the Children?” in 1975. She published more than fifty books, every one of them a bestseller in the United States, and they have sold more than 100 million copies there. She was born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins in … Read more
Ira Levin (1929 to 2007) was an American novelist and playwright whose seven novels include “Rosemary’s Baby” (1967), “The Stepford Wives” (1972) and “The Boys from Brazil” (1976). He also wrote “Deathtrap” (1978), the longest-running thriller in Broadway history, and many of his books and plays have been filmed. Levin was born in New York … Read more
Peter Benchley (1940 to 2006) was an American novelist best known for “Jaws” (1974), the story of a great white shark that preys on a Long Island resort town. He co-wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film of the book, and in later life became an advocate for sharks and marine conservation. Benchley was … Read more
Sidney Sheldon (1917 to 2007) was an American novelist, screenwriter and television producer. After winning an Academy Award in Hollywood and creating the sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie”, he turned to fiction in his fifties and wrote 18 novels, which have sold more than 300 million copies. He was born Sidney Schechtel in Chicago on … Read more
Robert Ludlum (1927 to 2001) was an American thriller writer, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne. He wrote 27 novels, beginning with “The Scarlatti Inheritance” in 1971, and his books have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum was born in New York City on 25 May 1927 and educated at … Read more
Thomas Harris is an American novelist, born on 22 September 1940 in Jackson, Tennessee, and the creator of Hannibal Lecter. He has published six novels since 1975, four of them featuring Lecter, including “Red Dragon” and “The Silence of the Lambs”. His books have sold more than 50 million copies. Harris moved with his family … Read more
William Goldman (1931 to 2018) was an American novelist and screenwriter, the author of “The Princess Bride”, “Marathon Man” and “Magic”. He wrote 16 novels and won Academy Awards for his screenplays for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men”. Goldman was born in Chicago on 12 August 1931 and grew … Read more
Michael Crichton (1942 to 2008) was an American novelist and filmmaker, best known for “Jurassic Park” and “The Andromeda Strain”. His techno-thrillers and science fiction novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and more than a dozen have been adapted into films. Crichton was born in Chicago and raised in Roslyn, on Long Island. … Read more
Linwood Barclay is an American-born Canadian thriller writer, born in Darien, Connecticut, in 1955, who spent three decades in newspapers before his novel “No Time for Goodbye” became an international bestseller in 2007. He has since written more than twenty thrillers, among them “Trust Your Eyes”, the Promise Falls trilogy and “Whistle”. Barclay’s family moved … Read more
