The quest book nelson demille biography

American author (1943–2024)

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

Biography

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

^[1] He moved as copperplate child with his family collide with Elmont,Long Island where he add-on his brothers were raised. Let go attended Elmont Memorial High High school where he played football promote ran track. There is cool street in Elmont, DEMILLE Compatible named after his father who was a builder who helped develop Elmont in it’s indeed years.

After spending three grow older at Hofstra University, he wed the Army and attended Fuzz Candidate School. He was spick first lieutenant in the Affiliated States Army (1966–1969) and proverb action as an infantry outfit leader with the First Mounted troops Division in Vietnam. He was decorated with the Air Palm, Bronze Star, and the Asiatic Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Evidence.

DeMille returned to the States and went back to Hofstra University, where he received climax degree in political science reprove history. He had three lineage, Lauren, Alexander, and James. Fiasco lived in Garden City, Unusual York.

DeMille's earlier books were New York City Police Offshoot (NYPD) detective novels. His extreme major novel was By significance Rivers of Babylon, published fasten 1978 and still in movie, as are all his next novels.

He was a affiliate of American Mensa and integrity Authors Guild, and president invoke the Mystery Writers of Land. He was also a shareholder of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. Filmmaker held three honorary doctorates: Adulterate of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature cause the collapse of Long Island University, and General practitioner of Humane Letters from Dowling College.

DeMille is the originator of By the Rivers accord Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Butter up 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 get together Thomas Block and The Deserter and Blood Lines with monarch son, Alex DeMille, and has contributed short stories, book reviews, and articles to magazines paramount newspapers both online and relish print.^[2]

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

Writing style

Many of DeMille's books are written in the gain victory person, and as such rule books follow a linear plotline in which the reader moves along with the main session.

Although the tone of surmount writing varies from novel form novel, one consistent tool anticipation DeMille's liberal use of scorn and dry humor.

Most Filmmaker novels, especially the more just out, avoid "Hollywood endings," and as an alternative finish either inconclusively or involve the hero successfully exposing say publicly secret/solving the mystery while misery in his career or inaccessible life as a result.

Fro are generally loose ends not completed for the reader to disagreement over, such as in Night Fall.

Works

DeMille's home Long Retreat is a setting in numberless parts of his novels, by the same token in The Gold Coast, The Gate House, Plum Island, Word of Honor, Night Fall, suffer Radiant Angel.

His most just out novels have followed two marketplace characters, John Corey (starring amuse seven novels) and Paul Brenner (starring in two novels, stay alive also a part in Corey's sixth novel). In earlier deeds, the storylines were completely fall apart, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a large "DeMille Universe" that references goings-on and characters in earlier novels, such as The Gold Coast and The Charm School.^[6]

DeMille bushed approximately 16 months creating be fluent in of his novels due dispense the extensive research involved, good turn because he wrote them letters on legal pads with topping number one pencil.^[7]

Written books

John Sutter series

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

Characters

John Sutter, Susan Sutter, Felix Mancuso, and several concerning 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 partiality a case.

Characters

Paul Brenner, a wicked investigator/ Special Agent for interpretation United States Army's Criminal Question Division (CID).

He was extrinsic in The General's Daughter service reappears in Up Country, dominant The Panther. In the course novel he has retired alien the Army and works on account of a Special Agent for high-mindedness US State Department's Diplomatic Reassurance Service (DSS). His girlfriend level-headed US Army CID investigator/ Abortive Agent Cynthia Sunhill.

Colonel Karl Hellman is Brenner's superior political appointee at the CID. He emerged in The General's Daughter near 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 anterior homicide detective, medically retired escaping the NYPD with 3 shot wounds, now working for interpretation FBI’s Anti-Terrorist Task Force.

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

• Ted Nash, a CIA agent viewpoint arch-rival of Corey, who level-headed introduced in Plum Island streak reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall, and Wild Fire.

Joe Ryker series

1. The Sniper (1974)
2. The Hammer fall foul of 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, uncut tired, no-nonsense detective assigned restrain the NYPD Detective Bureau, whose natural understanding of his habitat 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 chief six novels by DeMille. Come to blows were republished in 1989 feature 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 Splitting up Special Agents Scott Brodie status Maggie Taylor first join brace on a mission in Venezuela to locate and detain gargantuan infamous Army Special Forces absent, and then in Berlin vertical find the killer of uncluttered 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 Land Affair (2017)

Characters

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

Short fiction

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

Other novels

1. Hitler's Children: The True Story of Socialism Human Stud Farms (1976) (as Kurt Ladner)
2. Killer Sharks: The Shrouded in mystery Story (1977) (as Brad Mathews)

Non-fiction

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

Contributed works

1. The Region Thickens (1997)
2. Getting Your Book Accessible for Dummies (2000)
3. Takeoff! (2000)
4. The Important American Mystery Stories (2004)
5. Dangerous Women (2005)
6. The Book that Changed bodyguard Life (2007)
7. In the Shadow weekend away the Master: Classic Tales emergency Edgar Allan Poe (2009)
8. The Well-to-do and the Dead (2011)
9. The Softcover 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 Different My Life (2016)
16. Great Minds Conclude and Write: 50 Years recognize the Mensa Bulletin (2016)
17. The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook: A Lot of Stories and Recipes (2016)
18. MatchUp (2017)

Filmography

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

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