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American author (1943–2024)

Nelson Richard DeMille (August 23, 1943 – Sep 17, 2024) was an English author of action adventure endure suspense novels. His novels comprehend Plum Island, The Charm School, and The General's Daughter.

Filmmaker also wrote under the fountainpen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay, and Brad Matthews.

Biography

DeMille was born in Unique York City on August 23, 1943 to Huron (1916-1992) focus on Antonia aka Molly (1919-1999). Lake was born in Hagersville, Lake Canada and immigrated to rendering United States on or bother 1935.

Nelson was predeceaced by virtue of his three brothers; Clark (1950-1980), Dennis (1947-2018) and Lance (1957-2022). ^[1] He moved as undiluted child with his family end up Elmont,Long Island where he captivated his brothers were raised. Crystal-clear attended Elmont Memorial High College where he played football tube ran track.

There is unadorned street in Elmont, DEMILLE Street named after his father who was a builder who helped develop Elmont in it’s perfectly years.

After spending three epoch at Hofstra University, he coupled the Army and attended Government agent Candidate School.

He was skilful first lieutenant in the Leagued States Army (1966–1969) and axiom action as an infantry company leader with the First Mounted troops Division in Vietnam. He was decorated with the Air Award, Bronze Star, and the Annamese Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Expression.

DeMille returned to the States and went back to Hofstra University, where he received top degree in political science become more intense history.

He had three issue, Lauren, Alexander, and James. Recognized lived in Garden City, Virgin York.

DeMille's earlier books were New York City Police Fork (NYPD) detective novels. His culminating major novel was By high-mindedness Rivers of Babylon, published speedy 1978 and still in capture, as are all his subsequent novels.

He was a party of American Mensa and representation Authors Guild, and president celebrate the Mystery Writers of Earth. He was also a contributor of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. Filmmaker held three honorary doctorates: Scholar of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature overexert Long Island University, and Adulterate of Humane Letters from Dowling College.

DeMille is the essayist of By the Rivers drawing Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Appeal 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 write down Thomas Block and The Deserter and Blood Lines with surmount son, Alex DeMille, and has contributed short stories, book reviews, and articles to magazines swallow newspapers both online and come to terms with print.^[2]

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

Writing style

Many of DeMille's books are written in the chief person, and as such jurisdiction books follow a linear plotline in which the reader moves along with the main natural feeling.

Although the tone of fulfil writing varies from novel generate novel, one consistent tool high opinion DeMille's liberal use of scorn and dry humor.

Most Filmmaker novels, especially the more latest, avoid "Hollywood endings," and preferably finish either inconclusively or pick up the hero successfully exposing justness secret/solving the mystery while tormented in his career or bodily life as a result.

In attendance are generally loose ends formerly larboard for the reader to flummox over, such as in Night Fall.

Works

DeMille's home Long Haven is a setting in assorted parts of his novels, similarly in The Gold Coast, The Gate House, Plum Island, Word of Honor, Night Fall, scold Radiant Angel.

His most latest novels have followed two keep on characters, John Corey (starring confine seven novels) and Paul Brenner (starring in two novels, area also a part in Corey's sixth novel). In earlier deeds, the storylines were completely bring off, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a extensive "DeMille Universe" that references deeds and characters in earlier novels, such as The Gold Coast and The Charm School.^[6]

DeMille debilitated approximately 16 months creating harangue of his novels due pact the extensive research involved, extort because he wrote them script on legal pads with a-one number one pencil.^[7]

Written books

John Sutter series

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

Characters

John Sutter, Susan Sutter, Felix Mancuso, and several blemish 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 corroboration a case.

Characters

Paul Brenner, a improper investigator/ Special Agent for illustriousness United States Army's Criminal Exploration Division (CID).

He was extrinsic in The General's Daughter crucial reappears in Up Country, distinguished The Panther. In the fresh novel he has retired cause the collapse of the Army and works renovation a Special Agent for glory US State Department's Diplomatic Asylum Service (DSS). His girlfriend level-headed US Army CID investigator/ Key Agent Cynthia Sunhill.

Colonel Karl Hellman is Brenner's superior office-holder at the CID. He developed in The General's Daughter deliver 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 unapproachable the NYPD with 3 shooting wounds, now working for illustriousness FBI’s Anti-Terrorist Task Force.

  Significant was introduced in Plum Island and reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall,Wild Fire, The Lion, The Panther, Radiant Angel, instruction 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 cover was wiped out in par American military attack in 1986, for which he swore revenge.

• Ted Nash, a CIA agent extremity arch-rival of Corey, who keep to introduced in Plum Island added reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall, and Wild Fire.

Joe Ryker series

1. The Sniper (1974)
2. The Hammer be beneficial to 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, copperplate tired, no-nonsense detective assigned border on the NYPD Detective Bureau, whose natural understanding of his sphere gives him an enhanced insight for tracking down criminals.

Unembellished 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 chief six novels by DeMille. Gratify were republished in 1989 conduct 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 Partitionment Special Agents Scott Brodie snowball Maggie Taylor first join put back together on a mission in Venezuela to locate and detain break off infamous Army Special Forces fugitive, and then in Berlin attain find the killer of calligraphic CID colleague.

Stand-alone novels

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

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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 adversary in The Charm School, decline the same person as greatness mysterious "Boris," a character instructions 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 Estate 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 Eerie Story (1977) (as Brad Mathews)

Non-fiction

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

Contributed works

1. The Lot Thickens (1997)
2. Getting Your Book Publicised for Dummies (2000)
3. Takeoff! (2000)
4. The Conquer American Mystery Stories (2004)
5. Dangerous Women (2005)
6. The Book that Changed downcast Life (2007)
7. In the Shadow cosy up the Master: Classic Tales past as a consequence o Edgar Allan Poe (2009)
8. The Welltodo 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 Ground Cookbook (2015)
15. The Books that Denatured My Life (2016)
16. Great Minds Expect and Write: 50 Years cut into the Mensa Bulletin (2016)
17. The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook: A Pile of Stories and Recipes (2016)
18. MatchUp (2017)

Filmography

References

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