James Grady (author)

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James Grady
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Born (1949-04-30) April 30, 1949 (age 75)
Shelby, Montana, U.S.
Pen nameJames Dalton, Brit Shelby, Nick Russe
OccupationWriter
EducationShelby High School (1967) University of Montana (B.A., Journalism, 1972)
GenresThriller; Muckraking Historical Novels
SubjectsEspionage, police procedurals
Notable works Six Days of the Condor (1974)
Notable awards Grand Prix Du Roman Noir, Raymond Chandler Award, Baka-Misu Award

Two Regardies Magazine awards for Short Fiction

Nominee, Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for short stories
SpouseBonnie Goldstein
Children Rachel Grady Academy Award documentary nominee (Jesus Camp); Nathan Grady, short story author

James Grady (born April 30, 1949) is an American writer and investigative journalist known for his thriller novels on espionage, intrigue, and police procedurals, as well as his screenwriting work for TV shows with Stephen J. Cannell and film work with Brandon Lee, William Katt and David Hasselhoff. Grady has edited fiction anthologies, and published numerous short stories and poems. In 2008, London's Daily Telegraph named Grady as one of "50 crime writers to read before you die". In 2015, The Washington Post compared his prose to George Orwell and Bob Dylan.

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Early life

Grady’s mother Donna J. Grady's Martin family settled northern Montana in 1884. Her father was a cowboy and card dealer for Shelby, MT saloons.

Grady's father Thomas W. Grady's family were homesteaders.

Until Grady was near 17, his father managed the Roxy movie theater in Shelby.

Grady claims the sixth month period during his Junior year of high school when his father was out of work as being crucial to his development. His mother then became a Toole County (Shelby) Assistant Librarian.

As a Teenage Republican, Grady was the youngest member of the 1964 Republican Party State Convention’s Platform Committee.

He was the worst player on his high school football team.

His first creative writing success was authoring his high school senior class 1967 play.

Grady graduated from the University Of Montana School of Journalism in 1972, though he technically finished university studies in 1971. He studied with poet Richard Hugo and was a Sears Congressional Journalism Intern from January to April 1971, assigned to the D.C. staff of U.S. Senator Lee Metcalf (D-MT). He was the movie reviewer for the university student newspaper The Kaimin.

Grady received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Montana in 2005.

Grady lovingly credits his four college summers working on his hometown Shelby, MT's city road, water and sewer crew with both letting him pay his own way through university and increasing the scope and depth of his education.

Career

In 1971, Grady worked as a Research Analyst and committee aide for the Montana Constitutional Convention, which adopted a renewed state Constitution in 1972. He received a Fellowship to spend 1974 on the staff of U.S. Sen. Lee Metcalf (D-MT). From 1975 to mid-1980, during the post-Watergate era, he worked with muckraking investigative journalist Jack Anderson.

Grady is the author of the 1974 espionage thriller novel Six Days of the Condor , which was famously adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor (1975), starring Robert Redford and directed by Sydney Pollack.

Grady has contributed journalism to Slate, The Washington Post , Washingtonian, American Film, The New Republic , Sport, Parade, Perfect 10,The Great Falls (Montana) Tribune, The Shelby (Montana) Promoter, The Daily Missoulian (Montana), PoliticsDaily.com and the Journal of Asian Martial Arts .

Grady is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East.

Personal life

Grady married Bonnie Goldstein in 1985. [1] He is the stepfather of Rachel Grady, director of the documentary Jesus Camp . He is the father of Nathan Grady.

Works

Novels

Short stories

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References

  1. "Miss Goldstein Weds James Grady, Author". The New York Times. April 1, 1985. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2020.