Lee Child

British thriller writer

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2025 Lee Child planned to publish 'Exit Strategy', the 30th Jack Reacher novel
2025 Lee Child planned to publish 'Exit Strategy', the 30th Jack Reacher novel
2024 Published 'Safe Enough', a collection of twenty short stories.
2024 Lee Child planned to publish 'In Too Deep', the 29th Jack Reacher novel in 3rd person perspective
2024 Published 'Safe Enough', a collection of twenty short stories.
2024 Lee Child planned to publish 'In Too Deep', the 29th Jack Reacher novel in 3rd person perspective
2023 Lee Child awarded Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from Coventry University in England
2023 Lee Child published 'The Secret', maintaining the 3rd person narrative style
2023 Lee Child awarded Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from Coventry University in England
2023 Lee Child published 'The Secret', maintaining the 3rd person narrative style
2022 Lee Child appeared in the last episode of the Amazon Prime series Reacher (starring Alan Ritchson) as a man walking out of a diner and saying 'Excuse me' while passing the main character.
2022 Lee Child published 'No Plan B', continuing the Jack Reacher series in 3rd person perspective
2022 Lee Child appeared in the last episode of the Amazon Prime series Reacher (starring Alan Ritchson) as a man walking out of a diner and saying 'Excuse me' while passing the main character.
2022 Lee Child published 'No Plan B', continuing the Jack Reacher series in 3rd person perspective
2021 Lee Child published 'Better Off Dead', returning to a first-person narrative in the Jack Reacher series
2021 Lee Child published 'Better Off Dead', returning to a first-person narrative in the Jack Reacher series
2020 Joined the Booker Prize judging panel alongside chair Margaret Busby, Sameer Rahim, Lemn Sissay, and Emily Wilson.
2020 Published short stories 'Dying for a Cigarette' in The Nicotine Chronicles and 'Normal in Every Way' in Deadly Anniversaries
2020 Lee Child published 'The Sentinel', the first Jack Reacher novel co-authored with his brother Andrew Child
2020 Published short stories 'Dying for a Cigarette' in The Nicotine Chronicles and 'Normal in Every Way' in Deadly Anniversaries
2020 Lee Child published 'The Sentinel', the first Jack Reacher novel co-authored with his brother Andrew Child
2020 Joined the Booker Prize judging panel alongside chair Margaret Busby, Sameer Rahim, Lemn Sissay, and Emily Wilson.
January 2020 Announced his retirement from writing the Jack Reacher series and plans to hand over the series to his brother Andrew Grant, who will continue writing under the surname Child.
January 2020 Announced his retirement from writing the Jack Reacher series and plans to hand over the series to his brother Andrew Grant, who will continue writing under the surname Child.
2019 Lee Child published 'Blue Moon', maintaining the 3rd person narrative approach
2019 Published non-fiction work 'The Hero' through London: TLS Books.
2019 Collaborated with musicians Jennifer and Scott Smith from Naked Blue to create an album about Jack Reacher, contributing vocals to the track 'Reacher Said Nothing'.
2019 Lee Child is named Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, receiving a lifetime achievement recognition
2019 Collaborated with Karin Slaughter on 'Cleaning the Gold', a crossover with the Will Trent series. Also published 'Smile', collected in 'Invisible Blood'.
2019 Announced plans to curate a new TV show called Lee Child: True Crime, which will dramatize real-life crime stories from around the world.
2019 Lee Child is named Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, receiving a lifetime achievement recognition
2019 Collaborated with Karin Slaughter on 'Cleaning the Gold', a crossover with the Will Trent series. Also published 'Smile', collected in 'Invisible Blood'.
2019 Published non-fiction work 'The Hero' through London: TLS Books.
2019 Lee Child published 'Blue Moon', maintaining the 3rd person narrative approach
2019 Collaborated with musicians Jennifer and Scott Smith from Naked Blue to create an album about Jack Reacher, contributing vocals to the track 'Reacher Said Nothing'.
2019 Announced plans to curate a new TV show called Lee Child: True Crime, which will dramatize real-life crime stories from around the world.
June 2019 Lee Child was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his contributions to literature.
June 2019 Lee Child was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his contributions to literature.
2018 Released 'The Fourth Man', which was included in the Australian paperback of 'Past Tense'.
2018 Lee Child published 'Past Tense', the 23rd Jack Reacher novel in 3rd person perspective
2018 Served as the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, part of the Harrogate International Festivals.
2018 Released 'The Fourth Man', which was included in the Australian paperback of 'Past Tense'.
2018 Lee Child published 'Past Tense', the 23rd Jack Reacher novel in 3rd person perspective
2018 Served as the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, part of the Harrogate International Festivals.
April 2018 Published short story 'Shorty and the Briefcase' in Ten Year Stretch
April 2018 Published short story 'Shorty and the Briefcase' in Ten Year Stretch
January 2018 Published short story 'New Blank Document' in It Occurs to Me that I am America
January 2018 Published short story 'New Blank Document' in It Occurs to Me that I am America

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