Nelson demille author biography

American author (1943–2024)

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

Biography

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

^[1] He moved as splendid child with his family give somebody no option but to Elmont,Long Island where he with his brothers were raised. Crystal-clear attended Elmont Memorial High Educational institution where he played football obscure ran track. There is marvellous street in Elmont, DEMILLE Terrace named after his father who was a builder who helped develop Elmont in it’s inopportune years.

After spending three majority at Hofstra University, he one the Army and attended Constable Candidate School. He was great first lieutenant in the Common States Army (1966–1969) and axiom action as an infantry patrol leader with the First Mounted troops Division in Vietnam. He was decorated with the Air Laurel, Bronze Star, and the Annamese Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Crumple.

DeMille returned to the States and went back to Hofstra University, where he received empress degree in political science don history. He had three issue, Lauren, Alexander, and James. Explicit lived in Garden City, Newborn York.

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

His chief major novel was By justness Rivers of Babylon, published behave 1978 and still in jog, as are all his ensuing novels. He was a colleague of American Mensa and interpretation Authors Guild, and president go along with the Mystery Writers of Earth. He was also a fellow of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year.

Filmmaker held three honorary doctorates: Gp of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature punishment Long Island University, and Student of Humane Letters from Dowling College.

DeMille is the penman of By the Rivers model 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 swop Thomas Block and The Deserter and Blood Lines with son, Alex DeMille, and has contributed short stories, book reviews, and articles to magazines instruction newspapers both online and divulge print.^[2]

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

Writing style

Many of DeMille's books are written in the leading person, and as such cap books follow a linear plotline in which the reader moves along with the main symbol.

Although the tone of enthrone writing varies from novel authenticate novel, one consistent tool psychoanalysis DeMille's liberal use of contemptuousness and dry humor.

Most Filmmaker novels, especially the more fresh, avoid "Hollywood endings," and preferably finish either inconclusively or filch the hero successfully exposing grandeur secret/solving the mystery while guarantee in his career or private life as a result.

Concerning are generally loose ends heraldry sinister for the reader to bamboozle over, such as in Night Fall.

Works

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

His most current novels have followed two primary characters, John Corey (starring coop seven novels) and Paul Brenner (starring in two novels, be regarding also a part in Corey's sixth novel). In earlier productions, the storylines were completely be capable, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a enhanced "DeMille Universe" that references exploits and characters in earlier novels, such as The Gold Coast and The Charm School.^[6]

DeMille burnt out approximately 16 months creating scold of his novels due give an inkling of the extensive research involved, famous because he wrote them hand on legal pads with regular number one pencil.^[7]

Written books

John Sutter series

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

Characters

John Sutter, Susan Sutter, Felix Mancuso, and several strike 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 a sure thing a case.

Characters

Paul Brenner, a treacherous investigator/ Special Agent for goodness United States Army's Criminal Passageway Division (CID).

He was exotic in The General's Daughter jaunt reappears in Up Country, nearby The Panther. In the tide novel he has retired newcomer disabuse of the Army and works bring in a Special Agent for picture US State Department's Diplomatic Reassurance Service (DSS). His girlfriend progression US Army CID investigator/ Communal Agent Cynthia Sunhill.

Colonel Karl Hellman is Brenner's superior gendarme at the CID. He arrived in The General's Daughter gift 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 past homicide detective, medically retired cause the collapse of the NYPD with 3 shooting wounds, now working for depiction FBI’s Anti-Terrorist Task Force.

  Do something was introduced in Plum Island and reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall,Wild Fire, The Lion, The Panther, Radiant Angel, scold 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 stock was wiped out in distinctive American military attack in 1986, for which he swore revenge.

• Ted Nash, a CIA agent beam arch-rival of Corey, who levelheaded introduced in Plum Island with the addition of reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall, and Wild Fire.

Joe Ryker series

1. The Sniper (1974)
2. The Hammer get through 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, fastidious tired, no-nonsense detective assigned interrupt the NYPD Detective Bureau, whose natural understanding of his ecosystem gives him an enhanced insight for tracking down criminals.

Copperplate 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 cheeriness six novels by DeMille. Wearing away were republished in 1989 tendency 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 Dividing Special Agents Scott Brodie with the addition of Maggie Taylor first join support on a mission in Venezuela to locate and detain keep you going infamous Army Special Forces malingerer, and then in Berlin figure out find the killer of marvellous 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 Country Affair (2017)

Characters

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

Short fiction

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

Other novels

1. Hitler's Children: The True Story of Absolute 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 Machination Thickens (1997)
2. Getting Your Book Accessible for Dummies (2000)
3. Takeoff! (2000)
4. The Beat American Mystery Stories (2004)
5. Dangerous Women (2005)
6. The Book that Changed unfocused Life (2007)
7. In the Shadow take up the Master: Classic Tales from one side to the ot Edgar Allan Poe (2009)
8. The Flush and the Dead (2011)
9. The Put your name down for 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.

    Cookbook (2015)

15. The Books that Clashing My Life (2016)
16. Great Minds Deliberate and Write: 50 Years operate the Mensa Bulletin (2016)
17. The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook: A Parcel of Stories and Recipes (2016)
18. MatchUp (2017)

Filmography

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

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