Nelson DeMille

Nelson Richard DeMille ist ein bekannter amerikanischer Schriftsteller, geboren am 23. August 1943 in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Er ist der Sohn von Huron DeMille, einem Bauunternehmer, und seiner Frau Antonia Panzera. DeMilles Familie zog nach Long Island, als er ein Kind war, wo er die Elmont Memorial High School besuchte und eine Leidenschaft für Football und Leichtathletik entwickelte.

Nach seinem Highschool-Abschluss verbrachte DeMille drei Jahre an der Hofstra University, bevor er in die Armee eintrat. Er besuchte die Offiziersschule und wurde zum Leutnant im United States Army ernannt, wo er von 1966-69 diente. DeMille war in Vietnam im Einsatz und diente als Zugführer der First Cavalry Division. Er wurde mit dem Air Medal, der Bronze Star und der Vietnamesischen Kreuz der Tapferkeit ausgezeichnet. Nach seiner Entlassung kehrte er an die Hofstra University zurück und erwarb seinen Bachelor-Abschluss in Politikwissenschaft und Geschichte. Er hat drei Kinder und lebt derzeit auf Long Island.

DeMille ist am bekanntesten für seine Thriller und Kriminalromane, zu denen "The General's Daughter", "The Gold Coast" und die John Corey-Serie gehören. Obwohl er hauptsächlich in diesem Genre schreibt, hat er auch unter Pseudonymen in die Non-Fiction-Literatur eingedrungen. Viele seiner Werke sind auf Long Island angesiedelt, wo er aufwuchs. Sein erster großer Roman, "By the Rivers of Babylon", wurde 1978 veröffentlicht und ist immer noch im Druck, zusammen mit all seinen nachfolgenden Werken.

DeMille ist Mitglied verschiedener Berufsorganisationen, darunter American Mensa, The Authors Guild und International Thriller Writers. Er war Präsident der Mystery Writers of America und ist Mitglied des Vorstands des Book-of-the-Month Club. Er hat drei Ehrendoktorwürden von der Hofstra University, der Long Island University und der Dowling College erhalten. 2015 wurde DeMille von International Thriller Writers zum ThrillerMaster of the Year gewählt. Er hat auch Kurzgeschichten zu Anthologien und Buchbesprechungen sowie Artikel und Artikel zu Zeitschriften und Zeitungen beigetragen.
Joe Ryker Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Sniper 1974
2 The Hammer of God 1974
3 The Terrorists 1974
4 The Agent of Death / The Death Squad 1975
5 Child Killer (By: Edson T. Hamill) 1975
6 Ryker the Sadist (By: Edson T. Hamill) 1975
7 Motive For Murder (By: Edson T. Hamill) 1975
8 Cannibal 1975
9 The Smack Man 1975
10 The Night of the Phoenix 1975
11 The Slasher (By: Edson T. Hamill) 1976
John Corey Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Plum Island 1997
2 The Lion's Game 2000
3 Night Fall 2004
4 Wild Fire 2006
5 The Lion 2010
6 The Panther 2012
7 The Book Case 2012
8 Radiant Angel / A Quiet End 2015
9 The Maze 2022
John Sutter Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Gold Coast 1990
2 The Gate House 2008
Paul Brenner Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The General's Daughter 1992
2 Up Country 2002
3 The Panther 2012
Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor Books (with Alex DeMille)
# Titel Jahr
1 The Deserter 2019
2 Blood Lines 2023
3 The Tin Men 2025
Einzelromane
# Titel Jahr
1 The Quest 1975
2 By the Rivers of Babylon 1978
3 Mayday 1979
4 Mayday (With: Thomas Block) 1979
5 Cathedral 1981
6 The Talbot Odyssey 1984
7 Word of Honor 1985
8 The Charm School 1988
9 Spencerville 1994
10 The Cuban Affair 2017
Kurzgeschichten/Novellen
# Titel Jahr
1 Death Benefits 2012
2 Rendezvous 2012
The MatchUp Collection Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Honor & ... 2017
2 Honor & ... (By: C.J. Box, Sandra Brown) 2017
3 Deserves to Be Dead 2017
4 Deserves to Be Dead (By: John Sandford, Lisa Jackson) 2017
5 Getaway (With: Lisa Scottoline) 2017
6 Getaway 2017
7 Midnight Flame (By: Christopher Rice, Lara Adrian) 2018
8 Midnight Flame 2018
9 Short Story 2019
10 Short Story (By: Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta) 2019
11 Past Prologue 2019
12 Past Prologue (By: Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry) 2019
13 Faking a Murderer 2019
14 Faking a Murderer (By: Lee Child, Kathy Reichs) 2019
15 Dig Here (By: Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross) 2019
16 Dig Here 2019
17 Taking the Veil (By: J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader) 2019
18 Taking the Veil 2019
19 Rambo on Their Minds 2019
20 Rambo on Their Minds (By: Gayle Lynds, David Morrell) 2019
21 Footloose 2019
22 Footloose (By: Val McDermid, Peter James) 2019
Rosato & DiNunzio Books (with Lisa Scottoline)
# Titel Jahr
1 Accused 2013
2 Betrayed 2014
3 Corrupted 2015
4 Damaged 2016
5 Exposed 2017
6 Feared 2018
Bibliomysteries Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen) 2012
2 The Book of Virtue 2012
3 Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box) 2012
4 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
5 The Book Thing 2012
6 The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman) 2012
7 The Book Case 2012
8 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
9 An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012
10 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
11 Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link) 2012
12 The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner) 2013
13 The Final Testament 2013
14 Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell) 2013
15 Rides a Stranger 2013
16 The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor) 2013
17 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
18 The Book of Ghosts 2013
19 The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013
20 The Compendium of Srem 2014
21 The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014
22 What's in a Name? 2014
23 What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014
24 Remaindered 2014
25 Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey) 2014
26 The Sequel 2014
27 The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine) 2014
28 The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014
29 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
30 Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014
31 Book Club 2014
32 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
33 The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow) 2014
34 It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) 2014
35 It's in the Book 2014
36 The Scroll 2014
37 The Scroll (By: Anne Perry) 2014
38 The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry) 2015
39 The Book of the Lion 2015
40 The Little Men 2015
41 The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott) 2015
42 Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady) 2015
43 Condor in the Stacks 2015
44 Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015
45 Mystery, Inc. 2015
46 Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina) 2015
47 Every Seven Years 2015
48 From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) 2015
49 From the Queen 2015
50 The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) 2016
51 The Travelling Companion 2016
52 Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter) 2016
53 Citadel 2016
54 Reconciliation Day 2016
55 Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler) 2016
56 Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey) 2016
57 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
58 The Haze 2016
59 The Haze (By: James W. Hall) 2016
60 Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017
61 Hoodoo Harry 2017
62 The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd) 2018
63 The Pretty Little Box 2018
64 Seven Years 2018
65 Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson) 2018
66 The Hemingway Valise 2018
67 The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018
68 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
69 The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta) 2018
70 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
71 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly) 2018
72 The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler) 2020
73 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
74 The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards) 2022
75 The Traitor 2022
76 The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger) 2022
77 The Dark Door 2022
78 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
79 The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson) 2022
Bibliomysteries Series in Chronological Order
# Titel Jahr
1 The Book of Virtue 2012
2 The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen) 2012
3 The Scroll (By: Anne Perry) 2014
4 The Scroll 2014
5 Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box) 2012
6 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
7 An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012
8 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
9 Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link) 2012
10 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
11 Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson) 2018
12 Seven Years 2018
13 The Book Thing 2012
14 The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman) 2012
15 The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013
16 The Book of Ghosts 2013
17 Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014
18 Book Club 2014
19 The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor) 2013
20 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
21 The Final Testament 2013
22 The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner) 2013
23 Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell) 2013
24 Rides a Stranger 2013
25 What's in a Name? 2014
26 What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014
27 It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) 2014
28 It's in the Book 2014
29 The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow) 2014
30 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
31 Remaindered 2014
32 Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey) 2014
33 The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014
34 The Compendium of Srem 2014
35 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
36 The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014
37 The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine) 2014
38 The Sequel 2014
39 The Book of the Lion 2015
40 The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry) 2015
41 The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott) 2015
42 The Little Men 2015
43 Every Seven Years 2015
44 Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina) 2015
45 Citadel 2016
46 Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter) 2016
47 Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady) 2015
48 Condor in the Stacks 2015
49 Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015
50 Mystery, Inc. 2015
51 The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) 2016
52 The Travelling Companion 2016
53 The Haze (By: James W. Hall) 2016
54 The Haze 2016
55 Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey) 2016
56 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
57 Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler) 2016
58 Reconciliation Day 2016
59 Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017
60 Hoodoo Harry 2017
61 The Pretty Little Box 2018
62 The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd) 2018
63 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly) 2018
64 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
65 The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018
66 The Hemingway Valise 2018
67 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
68 The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta) 2018
69 The Book Case 2012
70 From the Queen 2015
71 From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) 2015
72 The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler) 2020
73 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
74 The Traitor 2022
75 The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards) 2022
76 The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger) 2022
77 The Dark Door 2022
78 The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson) 2022
79 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
Nelson DeMille Anthologies
# Titel Jahr
1 Tales of Terror 1986
2 The Plot Thickens 1997
3 A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle 2002
4 In the Shadow of the Master 2003
5 The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 2004
6 The Rich and the Dead 2011
7 MatchUp 2017