Order of Thomas Pynchon Books
Thomas Pynchon is an American author of English literature. His style is very dense, and lends from influences such as Herman Melville, Vladimir Nabokov, Franz Kafka and William Faulkner. Pynchon grew up in Long Island, New York. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years and earned his English degree from Cornell University. Pynchon is a MacArthur Fellow and the winner of the National Book Award, and has been considered for the Noble Prize for Literature many times. Subjects in his works include history, science and mathematics (among others). Pynchon is a very private person and has very few published photographs since the 1960s. (more…)
Order of Jonathan Argyll Books
Jonathan Argyll is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by English novelist Iain Pears. Jonathan Argyll is an art history scholar and detective who works with the Italian Art Squad, including General Bottando and his deputy Flavia di Stefano (who is sometimes his lover). The series is also known as the Art History Mysteries. (more…)
Order of Iain Pears Books
Iain Pears is an English author of historical and contemporary mystery novels. He writes the Jonathan Argyll series. Aside from being a novelist, he is also an art historian and a journalist. Pears attended Warwick School, Wadham College and Wolfson College. As a reporter, he’s worked for the BBC, Channel 4 and ZDF (in Germany). He has also worked as a correspondent for Reuters. Pears has also been named Getty Fellow in the Arts and Humanities at Yale University. He lives with his family in Oxford, England. (more…)
Order of Mac Reilly Books
Mac Reilly is the protagonist in a series of romantic suspense novels by English novelist Elizabeth Adler. Mac Reilly is a private investigator who travels the world with his sometimes girlfriend and partner, Sunny Alvarez. (more…)
Order of Elizabeth Adler Books
Elizabeth Adler is an English author of romance and historical fiction novels. She writes the Mac Reilly series. Adler was born in Yorkshire, England and met her American husband while working in London. Together, they have lived in England, Ireland, France, Brazil and the United States. They have one daughter and live in Palm Springs, California. (more…)
Order of Jack Garrett & Laura McGanity Books
Laura McGanity and Jack Garrett are the protagonists in a series of crime thriller novels by English novelist Neil White. Starting out in London, then moving to Lancashire, Laura McGanity is a detective constable and reporter Jack Garrett is her boyfriend. (more…)
Order of Neil White Books
Neil White is a British author of crime thriller novels. He writes the Jack Garrett & Laura McGanity series and the Joe & Sam Parker series. During the day, Neil works as a criminal lawyer. At night, he writes crime fiction. Growing up in Yorkshire, Neil read Enid Blyton‘s Famous Five series, Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators, Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. Aside from crime fiction, he also enjoyed the Jennings and Doctor Who books, but mostly stuck to crime novels. (more…)
Order of Jeff Edwards Books
Jeff Edwards is an American author of military thriller/techno-thriller novels. He writes the Sea Warrior Files and City Blues series. Edwards was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. He spent 23 years serving in the U.S. military as a sonar technician before retiring as a chief petty officer. The theme of the majority of his work (in both fiction and non-fiction is the United States military. Edwards also writes articles and columns for military websites and newspapers. He has won the Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction, the American Author Medal, the Clive Cussler Grandmaster Award for Adventure Writing, the Reader’s Choice Award and the Silver Medal for Military/Wartime Fiction. Edwards lives in San Diego, California. (more…)
Order of Richard Browning Books
Richard Browning is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by Australian author Peter Corris. Set in the 1940s, Richard Browning is a Sydney-based P.I. who has ties with Hollywood. (more…)
Order of Ray Crawley Books
Ray Crawley is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction novels by Australian novelist Peter Corris. Set in Sydney, Australia, Ray Crawley begins the series as the former director of the Federal Security Agency. (more…)