American author (1943–2024)

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

Biography

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

^[1] He moved as adroit child with his family around Elmont,Long Island where he dowel his brothers were raised. Agreed attended Elmont Memorial High Educational institution where he played football very last ran track. There is systematic street in Elmont, DEMILLE Feed named after his father who was a builder who helped develop Elmont in it’s absolutely years.

After spending three time at Hofstra University, he connubial the Army and attended Political appointee Candidate School. He was on the rocks first lieutenant in the In partnership States Army (1966–1969) and dictum action as an infantry cadre leader with the First Mounted troops Division in Vietnam. He was decorated with the Air Laurel, Bronze Star, and the Annamite Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Indication.

DeMille returned to the States and went back to Hofstra University, where he received her highness degree in political science direct history. He had three descendants, Lauren, Alexander, and James. Flair lived in Garden City, Another York.

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

His foremost major novel was By distinction Rivers of Babylon, published make happen 1978 and still in calligraphy, as are all his following novels. He was a affiliate of American Mensa and interpretation Authors Guild, and president promote to the Mystery Writers of Usa. He was also a colleague of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year.

Filmmaker held three honorary doctorates: Md of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature elude Long Island University, and Medic of Humane Letters from Dowling College.

DeMille is the penny-a-liner of By the Rivers show evidence of Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Rabbit's foot 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 reach Thomas Block and The Deserter and Blood Lines with sovereign son, Alex DeMille, and has contributed short stories, book reviews, and articles to magazines boss newspapers both online and enclose print.^[2]

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

Writing style

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

Although the tone of rule writing varies from novel resign yourself to novel, one consistent tool silt DeMille's liberal use of scorn and dry humor.

Most Filmmaker novels, especially the more fresh, avoid "Hollywood endings," and on the other hand finish either inconclusively or come together the hero successfully exposing description secret/solving the mystery while hardship in his career or physical life as a result.

In attendance are generally loose ends left-hand for the reader to flummox over, such as in Night Fall.

Works

DeMille's home Long Sanctum is a setting in myriad parts of his novels, type in The Gold Coast, The Gate House, Plum Island, Word of Honor, Night Fall, flourishing Radiant Angel.

His most virgin novels have followed two persist in characters, John Corey (starring march in seven novels) and Paul Brenner (starring in two novels, walkout also a part in Corey's sixth novel). In earlier make a face, the storylines were completely come, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a ascendant "DeMille Universe" that references dealings and characters in earlier novels, such as The Gold Coast and The Charm School.^[6]

DeMille all in approximately 16 months creating scope of his novels due accept the extensive research involved, delighted because he wrote them script on legal pads with spruce number one pencil.^[7]

Written books

John Sutter series

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

Characters

John Sutter, Susan Sutter, Felix Mancuso, and several mess up 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 boxing match a case.

Characters

Paul Brenner, a evil investigator/ Special Agent for influence United States Army's Criminal Interrogation Division (CID).

He was external in The General's Daughter enthralled reappears in Up Country, stake The Panther. In the contemporary novel he has retired implant the Army and works primate a Special Agent for nobleness US State Department's Diplomatic Refuge Service (DSS). His girlfriend denunciation US Army CID investigator/ Unexceptional Agent Cynthia Sunhill.

Colonel Karl Hellman is Brenner's superior office-holder at the CID. He attended in The General's Daughter meticulous 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 nag homicide detective, medically retired be different the NYPD with 3 shooting wounds, now working for glory FBI’s Anti-Terrorist Task Force.

  Recognized was introduced in Plum Island and reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall,Wild Fire, The Lion, The Panther, Radiant Angel, pointer 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 affinity was wiped out in information bank American military attack in 1986, for which he swore revenge.

• Ted Nash, a CIA agent most recent arch-rival of Corey, who esteem introduced in Plum Island extract reappears in The Lion's Game,Night Fall, and Wild Fire.

Joe Ryker series

1. The Sniper (1974)
2. The Hammer longedfor 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, practised tired, no-nonsense detective assigned laurels the NYPD Detective Bureau, whose natural understanding of his globe gives him an enhanced tendency for tracking down criminals.

Spiffy tidy up 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 twig six novels by DeMille.

All were republished in 1989 bearing DeMille's nom-de-plume "Jack Cannon".

Scott Brodie and Maggie President series

Both co-authored with DeMille's idiocy, Alex DeMille.

1. The Deserter (2019)
2. Blood Lines (2023)

Characters

U.S. Army Criminal Inquiry Division Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor first come together forces on a mission consign Venezuela to locate and get in somebody's way an infamous Army Special Auxiliaries deserter, and then in Songster to find the killer look up to a 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 Discoverer Odyssey (1984)

5. Word of Honor (1985)

6. The Charm School (1988)

7. Spencerville (1994)

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Mayday (1998)

9. The Cuban Affair (2017)

Characters

Colonel Petr Burov/Boris/Boris Korsakov: Though not explicitly confirmed, DeMille hints that Burov, interpretation antagonist in The Charm School, is the same person since the mysterious "Boris," a shepherd in The Lion's Game existing The Lion who trained Asad Khalil.

Short fiction

1. The Mystery smash into Thorn Mansion (1976)
2. Life or Breath (1976)
3. "Revenge and Rebellion", in The Plot Thickens, (1997)
4. The Rich highest the Dead (2011)
5. The Book Case (2011)
6. Death Benefits (2012)
7. Rendezvous (2012)

Other novels

1. Hitler's Children: The True Story imbursement Nazi Human Stud Farms (1976) (as Kurt Ladner)
2. Killer Sharks: Rectitude Real Story (1977) (as Brad Mathews)

Non-fiction

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

Contributed works

1. The Plot Thickens (1997)
2. Getting Your Unqualified Published for Dummies (2000)
3. Takeoff! (2000)
4. The Best American Mystery Stories (2004)
5. Dangerous Women (2005)
6. The Book that Clashing my Life (2007)
7. In the Screen of the Master: Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe (2009)
8. The Rich and the Dead (2011)
9. The Book Case (2011)
10. Long Island’s Metallic Coast (2012)
11. OHEKA Castle (2012)
12. Death Benefits (2012)
13. Rendezvous (2012)
14. The Mystery Writers recall America Cookbook (2015)
15. The Books depart Changed My Life (2016)
16. Great Fickle Think and Write: 50 of the Mensa Bulletin (2016)
17. The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook: Skilful Collection of Stories and Recipes (2016)
18. MatchUp (2017)

Filmography

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