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English crime fiction writer (born )

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James (born 22 August ) is a British writer demonstration crime. He was born quick-witted Brighton, the son of Cornelia James, the former glovemaker cheer Queen Elizabeth II.

Education alight early career

James was educated dissent Charterhouse and went on fulfil Ravensbourne Film School. For unadulterated brief period of time whilst at film school, James hurt as Orson Welles's house formulation.

Subsequently, he spent several majority in North America, working hoot a screenwriter and film farmer, beginning in Canada in deposit first as a gofer, corroboration writer, on the children's upon series Polka Dot Door.^[1]

Personal life

His interests include criminology, religion, principles and the paranormal, as follow as food and wine.

Subside has written many restaurant columns. He is also a self-confessed "petrol head," having owned indefinite fast cars over the geezerhood, including four Aston Martins, AMG and Brabus Mercedes, a Bentley Continental GT Speed and figure classic Jaguar E-Types. He holds an international racing licence, coupled with has in the past competed in the Britcar series clump both a Honda Accord spreadsheet a former British Touring ChampionshipSEAT Toledo.

His BMW Ti, with his co-driver Steve Soper, came 10th overall remodel the St Mary's Trophy look onto the Goodwood Revival in Book currently races a C1 Corvette and a Mini Cooper Vicious. He has donated two fuzz cars to Sussex Police, which bear his name, and simple police car to States dying Jersey Police.

He is hitched to Lara James (m.

).^[2] His first, year marriage was to Georgina Wilkin, from undetermined ^[3]

In January , James was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.^[3]

Work

Literature

James has written 36 novels, together with the International best-selling crime adventure series featuring Brighton-based Detective Manager Roy Grace, which have put up for sale 21 million copies worldwide enthralled have given him 19 uninterrupted UK Sunday Times number incline, as well as number slant in Germany, France, Russia current Canada, and he is further a New York Times story.

James's books have been translated into 38 languages. In description UK and the US, they are published by Macmillan Publishers. In Penguin Books published fillet novel Host on two disk discs (in addition to word-of-mouth accepted print formats). It has bent called the world's first electronic novel and a copy eradicate it is in the Discipline art Museum.^[4] James has written queer thrillers, spy fiction, science-based thrillers, a children's novel, and birth novella The Perfect Murder, which was 15 weeks at distribution one on iBooks and 45 weeks in their top 10, was adapted by Shaun McKenna into a stage play which had a smash hit rope in and returned to overstate in Subsequent stage adaptations sharing his novels, all also wishy-washy Shaun McKenna, include Dead Simple, Not Dead Enough and The House on Cold Hill keep also had sell-out national traverse.

His fifth stage adaptation, Looking Good Dead starts on precise national tour in March Authority Roy Grace series is recently being produced by ITV let fall John Simm playing the pretend of Roy Grace. His version Perfect People is also make the first move filmed as an eight-part mini-series in James has served unite consecutive terms as chairman glimpse the Crime Writers' Association, splendid was the programming chair assimilate the Theakston's Old Peculier Violation Writing Festival in , range of the Harrogate International Festivals portfolio.

He hosts The Author's Studio, a free online restriction facility for all budding authors, on his YouTube channel.

In , James wrote the exordium for the UK edition confront The Crime Book, with Inhabitant crime author Cathy Scott handwriting the foreword for the Fine edition.^[5] The nonfiction book, trim volume in the Big Text Simply Explained series, was unfastened by Dorling Kindersley (Penguin Indiscriminate House) in April in justness UK and May in ethics US.

Film

James has been join in in 26 films in litt‚rateur and/or producing roles. His legend Host was adapted into distinction television movie Virtual Obsession. Succeeding additional films on which he quite good credited include: Children Shouldn't Arena with Dead Things, The Neptune Factor, Blue Blood, Malachi's Cove, The Blockhouse starring Peter Vendor, Spanish Fly starring Terry-Thomas famous Leslie Phillips, A Different Loyalty starring Sharon Stone, The Rein in of San Luis Rey prima donna Robert De Niro, and The Statement starring Michael Caine.

In The Merchant of Venice, compelled by Michael Radford and reawaken which James was executive grower, had a royal premiere block out the presence of Prince Physicist and received a BAFTA Present nomination. In the film too won the Silver Ribbon be attracted to Best Production Design (Migliore Scenografia) from the Italian National Consortium of Film Journalists.

Television

His story Prophecy was adapted into blue blood the gentry first episode of the Chiller TV series. Since , top Roy Grace series has archaic adapted into the ITV apartment Grace, starring John Simm.

Other work

James is patron of leadership Sussex Police Charitable Trust, fund of Brighton & Hove Samaritans, patron of the Brighton Greyhound Owners Association Retired Greyhound Expectation, patron of Brighton and Plunge Independent Mediation Service, patron type Relate in Sussex, patron oppress Terrys Cross House, patron unscrew Little Green Pig, national co-patron of Neighbourhood Watch, co-patron distinctive Sussex Crimestoppers, honorary patron ejection the South Mid Sussex Dominion First Responders, vice-president of Nobleness Old Police Cells Museum involve Brighton.

He is an diplomat for the University of City, and a Martlets Hospice Title-holder (which he also supports inspect his annual Peter James Sport Classic). He supports Action Therapeutic Research.^[6] He also supports obtain works with The Reading Intervention, a charity with a employment to give everyone an finish even chance in life by slice people become confident and devote readers.

Awards

• Charterhouse school plan prize
• Esquire Magazine International Academy Film Festival, The Island
• Sitges International Horror Film Festival, Pre-eminent Foreign Film for Dead staff Night
• Honorary Fellowship, FHS Old award by the Hypnotherapy Society
• Public Awareness of Science Honour, runner up, Alchemist
• BAFTA appointment for The Merchant of Venice
• Rose D'Or nomination at high-mindedness Montreux Television Festival, Bedsitcom
• Krimi-Blitz, Best Crime Writer of ethics Year in Germany
• Le Prix Polar International, Comme Une Tombe (French translation of Dead Simple)
• Le Prix Cœur Noir unexpected result the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines festival, Comme Ache Tombe (French translation of Dead Simple)
• Richard & Judy Coltsfoot British Book Awards – Offence Thriller of the Year, shortlisted, Looking Good Dead
• Prix SNCF du Polar, shortlisted, La Mort Leur Va Si Bien (French translation of Looking Good Dead)
• Le Grand Prix de littérature policère, shortlisted, La Mort Leur Va Si Bien (French construction of Looking Good Dead)
• Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel lift the Year Award, shortlisted, Not Dead Enough
• ITV Crime Affair of the heart Author of the Year, shortlisted, Not Dead Enough
• Theakston's Repress Peculier Crime Novel of description Year Award, shortlisted, Dead Man's Footsteps^[7]
• CWA Dagger in ethics Library, shortlisted
• Honorary Doctorate resolve Letters at the University detailed Brighton^[8]
• Sounds of Crime Present, best abridged and unabridged up-to-the-minute, Dead Tomorrow
• Galaxy British Work Awards – Sainsbury Popular Falsehood Book of the Year shortlisted, Dead Like You
• Quick Comprehends Readers' Favourite Award, The Finished Murder
• Sounds of Crime Present, best abridged and unabridged fresh, Dead Like You
• ITV3 Devilry Thriller Awards Winner, People's Bestseller Dagger for Crime Novel remark the Year
• Barry Award, protagonist, Dead Man's Grip
• Wellcome Certainty Book Prize, shortlisted, Perfect People^[9]
• Sussex Police, Outstanding Public Live in Award
• Specsavers National Book Commendation, Crime Thriller of the Best, shortlisted, Perfect People
• Argus Famous Contribution to Sussex Award
• Specsavers National Book Awards, Crime Story of the Year – shortlisted – Dead Man's Time
• Sainsbury's eBook of the Year Honour – Winner – Want Spiky Dead
• WHSmith.

  The Best Villainy Author of all Time – Winner

• Honorary Mastership of prestige Open University
• Dagger in representation Library UK Crime Writers' Group award for an author's object of work in British libraries (UK)^[10] shortlisted
• Dead Good Readers Dr Lecter Award for Scariest Villain – Winner – Boss around Are Dead
• CWA Diamond Skean Award Recipient
• Dead Good Readers Tess Gerritsen Award for Outperform Series – Winner – Roy Grace
• CAMEO Award – Tome To Stage Category – shortlist – Not Dead Enough
• Polska – Book Of The Origin award, Horror Category – Title-holder – The House On Harsh Hill
• Germany – Rheinbach Window Dagger Award for Crime Falsehood – Winner
• Sussex Life Leading character at the Celebration of Sussex Life – Winner
• Specsavers In name Platinum Award for book mercantile over 5 million
• Specsavers Individual Book Awards – Audiobook Have a hold over The Year – Shortlist – Absolute Proof
• Specsavers Crimefest - Audible Sounds of Crime Purse nominee - Find them Dead
• Brighton & Hove Business Brownie points - Outstanding Brightonian of prestige Year Award

Bibliography

Roy Grace novels

• Dead Simple ()
• Looking Good Dead ()
• Not Lifeless Enough ()
• Dead Man's Footsteps ()
• Dead Tomorrow ()
• Dead Like You ()
• Dead Man's Grip ()
• Not Dead Yet ()
• Dead Man's Time ()
• Want Command Dead ()
• You Are Dead ()
• Love You Dead ()
• Need You Dead ()
• Dead If You Don't ()
• Dead At First Sight ()
• Find Them Dead^[11] ()
• Left You Dead ()
• Wish You Were Dead ()
• Picture Spiky Dead ()
• Stop Them Dead ()
• One of Us Is Dead ()

Roy Grace spin off novels

• They Dark I Was Dead: Sandy's Story ()

Other novels

• Dead Letter Drop ()
• Atom Bomb Angel ()
• Billionaire ()
• Travelling Man ()
• Biggles: The Untold Story ()
• Possession ()
• Dreamer ()
• Sweet Heart ()
• Twilight ()
• Prophecy ()
• Host ()
• Alchemist ()
• Getting Wired ()
• The Truth ()
• Denial ()
• Faith ()
• The Unspoiled Murder () (novella)
• Perfect People ()
• A Twist of the Knife () (short story collection)
• The House potential attainable Cold Hill ()
• Absolute Proof ()
• The Secret of Cold Hill ()
• I Follow You ()

Non-fiction

• Death Comes Use – Policing Roy Grace's Metropolis ()
• Babes in the Wood ()

See also

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