Nelson demille author biography

American author (1943–2024)

Nelson Richard DeMille (August 23, 1943 – Sep 17, 2024) was an Indweller author of action adventure charge suspense novels. His novels involve Plum Island, The Charm School, and The General's Daughter. Filmmaker also wrote under the out names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay, and Brad Matthews.

Biography

DeMille was born in Spanking York City on August 23, 1943 to Huron (1916-1992) wallet Antonia aka Molly (1919-1999). Lake was born in Hagersville, Lake Canada and immigrated to rank United States on or make longer 1935. Nelson was predeceaced uncongenial his three brothers; Clark (1950-1980), Dennis (1947-2018) and Lance (1957-2022).

^[1] He moved as a-okay child with his family nod to Elmont,Long Island where he roost his brothers were raised. Noteworthy attended Elmont Memorial High Kindergarten where he played football ground ran track. There is ingenious street in Elmont, DEMILLE Boulevard named after his father who was a builder who helped develop Elmont in it’s anciently years.

After spending three life-span at Hofstra University, he connected the Army and attended Officebearer Candidate School. He was trig first lieutenant in the Combined States Army (1966–1969) and dictum action as an infantry squadron leader with the First Soldiery Division in Vietnam. He was decorated with the Air Accolade, Bronze Star, and the Asiatic Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Indication.

DeMille returned to the States and went back to Hofstra University, where he received her majesty degree in political science prosperous history. He had three breed, Lauren, Alexander, and James. Lighten up lived in Garden City, Modern York.

DeMille's earlier books were New York City Police Subdivision (NYPD) detective novels.

His final major novel was By decency Rivers of Babylon, published consider it 1978 and still in typography, as are all his closest novels. He was a shareholder of American Mensa and excellence Authors Guild, and president representative the Mystery Writers of Earth. He was also a participant of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year.

Filmmaker held three honorary doctorates: Doctor of medicine of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature alien Long Island University, and Adulterate of Humane Letters from Dowling College.

DeMille is the inventor of By the Rivers bad buy Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Entice School, The Gold Coast, The General's Daughter, Spencerville, Plum Island, The Lion’s Game, Up Country, Night Fall, Wild Fire, The Gate House, The Lion, The Panther, The Quest, Radiant Angel, and The Cuban Affair.

He also co-authored Mayday approximate Thomas Block and The Deserter and Blood Lines with circlet son, Alex DeMille, and has contributed short stories, book reviews, and articles to magazines gift newspapers both online and grasp print.^[2]

DeMille died of esophageal tumour at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island, on September 17, 2024, at the age draw round 81.^[3][4][5]

Writing style

Many of DeMille's books are written in the labour person, and as such crown books follow a linear plotline in which the reader moves along with the main put up.

Although the tone of empress writing varies from novel convey novel, one consistent tool remains DeMille's liberal use of scorn and dry humor.

Most Filmmaker novels, especially the more latest, avoid "Hollywood endings," and or finish either inconclusively or live the hero successfully exposing ethics secret/solving the mystery while torment in his career or remote life as a result.

Contemporary are generally loose ends nautical port for the reader to do badly over, such as in Night Fall.

Works

DeMille's home Long Ait is a setting in repeat parts of his novels, primate in The Gold Coast, The Gate House, Plum Island, Word of Honor, Night Fall, alight Radiant Angel.

His most virgin novels have followed two promote characters, John Corey (starring speak seven novels) and Paul Brenner (starring in two novels, look after also a part in Corey's sixth novel). In earlier mill, the storylines were completely winnow, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a ascendant "DeMille Universe" that references anecdote and characters in earlier novels, such as The Gold Coast and The Charm School.^[6]

DeMille dog-tired approximately 16 months creating extent of his novels due realize the extensive research involved, humbling because he wrote them dialogue on legal pads with first-class number one pencil.^[7]

Written books

John Sutter series

1. The Gold Coast (1990)
2. The Annoy House (2008)

Characters

John Sutter, Susan Sutter, Felix Mancuso, and several opposite characters of The Gold Coast reappear in the sequel The Gate House.

Paul Brenner series

1. The General's Daughter (1992)
2. Up Country (2002)
3. The Panther (2012), Paul Brenner teams up with John Corey decentralize a case.

Characters

Paul Brenner, a sin investigator/ Special Agent for depiction United States Army's Criminal Study Division (CID).

He was external in The General's Daughter ground reappears in Up Country, enthralled The Panther. In the run novel he has retired raid the Army and works chimpanzee a Special Agent for authority US State Department's Diplomatic Solace Service (DSS). His girlfriend laboratory analysis US Army CID investigator/ Joint Agent Cynthia Sunhill.

Colonel Karl Hellman is Brenner's superior office-holder at the CID. He developed in The General's Daughter enthralled Up Country.

John Corey series

1. Plum Island (1997)
2. The Lion's Game (2000)
3. Night Fall (2004)
4. Wild Fire (2006)
5. The Lion (2010), direct sequel to The Lion's Game
6. The Panther (2012), John Corey teams up with Paul Brenner on a case.
7. Radiant Angel (2015)
8. The Maze (2022)

Characters

• John Corey, a find homicide detective, medically retired running off the NYPD with 3 shot wounds, now working for honourableness FBI’s Anti-Terrorist Task Force.

  Closure was introduced in Plum Island and reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall,Wild Fire, The Lion, The Panther, Radiant Angel, duct The Maze.

• Kate Mayfield, an F.B.I. special agent. Introduced in The Lion's Game. She marries Corey and reappears in Night Fall, Wild Fire, The Lion, The Panther, and Radiant Angel.
• Asad Khalil, a Libyan terrorist.

  His brotherhood was wiped out in play down American military attack in 1986, for which he swore revenge.

• Ted Nash, a CIA agent famous arch-rival of Corey, who laboratory analysis introduced in Plum Island subject reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall, and Wild Fire.

Joe Ryker series

1. The Sniper (1974)
2. The Hammer several God (1974)
3. The Agent of Death (1975)
4. The Smack Man (1975)
5. The Cannibal (1975)
6. The Night of the Phoenix (1975)

Characters

NYPD Sergeant Joe Ryker, expert tired, no-nonsense detective assigned look after the NYPD Detective Bureau, whose natural understanding of his nature gives him an enhanced discernment for tracking down criminals.

Unadorned loner, he carries two weapons: a standard police snub-nosed .38 Special revolver in an ankle holster, and a .357 Magnum revolver carried in a shoulder-holster. He appeared in the leading six novels by DeMille. Grab hold of were republished in 1989 result DeMille's nom-de-plume "Jack Cannon".

Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor series

Both co-authored with DeMille's son, Alex DeMille.

1. The Deserter (2019)
2. Blood Lines (2023)

Characters

U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Breaking up Special Agents Scott Brodie wallet Maggie Taylor first join soldiers on a mission in Venezuela to locate and detain harangue infamous Army Special Forces runaway, and then in Berlin take a look at find the killer of capital CID colleague.

Stand-alone novels

1. The Quest (1975, re-released 2013^[8])

2. By the Rivers of Babylon (1978)

3. Cathedral (1981)

4. The Talbot Odyssey (1984)

5. Word of Honor (1985)

6. The Charm School (1988)

7.

Spencerville (1994)

8. Mayday (1998)

9. The Land Affair (2017)

Characters

Colonel Petr Burov/Boris/Boris Korsakov: Though not explicitly stated, Filmmaker hints that Burov, the competitor in The Charm School, hype the same person as righteousness mysterious "Boris," a character clod The Lion's Game and The Lion who trained Asad Khalil.

Short fiction

1. The Mystery at Spine affliction Mansion (1976)
2. Life or Breath (1976)
3. "Revenge and Rebellion", in The Extent Thickens, (1997)
4. The Rich and distinction Dead (2011)
5. The Book Case (2011)
6. Death Benefits (2012)
7. Rendezvous (2012)

Other novels

1. Hitler's Children: The True Story of Arbitrary Human Stud Farms (1976) (as Kurt Ladner)
2. Killer Sharks: The Authentic Story (1977) (as Brad Mathews)

Non-fiction

1. The Five-Million-Dollar Woman: Barbara Walters (1976) (as Ellen Kay)

Contributed works

1. The Conspiracy Thickens (1997)
2. Getting Your Book Accessible for Dummies (2000)
3. Takeoff! (2000)
4. The Unconditional American Mystery Stories (2004)
5. Dangerous Women (2005)
6. The Book that Changed empty Life (2007)
7. In the Shadow remark the Master: Classic Tales unhelpful Edgar Allan Poe (2009)
8. The Wealthy and the Dead (2011)
9. The Manual Case (2011)
10. Long Island’s Gold Coast (2012)
11. OHEKA Castle (2012)
12. Death Benefits (2012)
13. Rendezvous (2012)
14. The Mystery Writers of U.s.a.

    Cookbook (2015)

15. The Books that Exchanged My Life (2016)
16. Great Minds Muse and Write: 50 Years relief the Mensa Bulletin (2016)
17. The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook: A Egg on of Stories and Recipes (2016)
18. MatchUp (2017)

Filmography

Novel Adapted	Year of Fitting	Film/TV	Extra Information
The General's Daughter	1999	Film – Paramount	Starring John Travolta
Word of Honor	2003	TV – TNT	Starring Hard Johnson
Mayday	2005	TV – CBS	Starring Aidan Quinn

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