Lincoln Child

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Lincoln Child
Born (1957-10-13) October 13, 1957 (age 66)
Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation Novelist, editor
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Carleton College
Genre Thriller, Techno-thriller, Adventure
Notable works Agent Pendergast series, Jeremy Logan series, Gideon Crew series
Website
www.prestonchild.com

Lincoln Child (born October 13, 1957) is an American author of techno-thriller and horror novels. Though he is most well known for his collaborations with Douglas Preston (including the Agent Pendergast series and the Gideon Crew series, among others), he has also written eight solo novels, including the Jeremy Logan series. Over twenty of the collaborative novels and most of his solo novels have become New York Times bestsellers, some reaching the #1 position. Child and Preston's first novel together, Relic , was adapted into a feature film. Their books are notable for their thorough research and scientific accuracy.

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Life and career

Born in Westport, Connecticut, but now a Florida resident, Child graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, with a major in English.

Soon afterward, in 1979, he secured a job as an editorial assistant at St. Martin's Press. By 1984, Child had become full editor. While in this position, he edited hundreds of books, most titles being American and English fiction.

In 1987, after founding the company's mass-market horror division, Child left the St. Martin's Press to become a systems analyst at MetLife. Child's first novel (co-written with Preston), Relic, was published in 1995. He left the company a few years later to write full-time.

In 2002, Child began his solo career with the debut novel Utopia , then wrote Death Match in 2004. These two novels were stand-alone works that introduced a new set of characters each time. However, with Deep Storm in 2007, Child introduced the character of Dr. Jeremy Logan, a Yale professor of medieval history and enigmalogist, whose role over the course of the series gradually increases with each book. He appeared in only one chapter in Deep Storm, then became a supporting character in Terminal Freeze (2009), before finally becoming the main protagonist in The Third Gate (2012). Utopia, Deep Storm, and Terminal Freeze all went on to become New York Times best sellers.

Child is now a resident of Sarasota, Florida. [1]

Bibliography

Solo works

Stand-alone novels

Jeremy Logan series

Collaborations with Douglas Preston

Agent Pendergast series

Gideon Crew series

Nora Kelly series

  • Old Bones (2019)
  • " Storm" (2020)
  • The Scorpion's Tail (2021)
  • Diablo Mesa (2022)
  • Dead Mountain (2023)

Other

Short stories

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Relic</i> (novel) 1995 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Relic is a 1995 novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and the first in the Special Agent Pendergast series. As a horror novel and techno-thriller, it comments on the possibilities inherent in genetic manipulation, and is critical of museums and their role both in society and in the scientific community. It is the basis of the film The Relic (1997).

<i>Brimstone</i> (Preston and Child novel) Novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Brimstone is a thriller novel written by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and published on August 3, 2004, by Warner Books. This is the fifth installment in the Special Agent Pendergast series and the first novel in the Diogenes trilogy that also includes Dance of Death (2005) and The Book of the Dead (2006).

<i>The Cabinet of Curiosities</i> 2002 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The Cabinet of Curiosities is a thriller novel by American writers Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, released on June 3, 2002 by Grand Central Publishing. This is the third installment in the Special Agent Pendergast series.

Douglas Jerome Preston is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child, he has also written six solo novels, including the Wyman Ford series and a novel entitled Jennie, which was made into a movie by Disney. He has authored a half-dozen nonfiction books on science and exploration and writes occasionally for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and other magazines.

<i>Reliquary</i> (novel) Novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Reliquary is the 1997 New York Times best-selling sequel to Relic, by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The legacy of the blood-maddened Mbwun lives on in Reliquary, but the focus is shifted from the original museum setting to the tunnels beneath the streets of New York City. The book is the second in the Special Agent Pendergast series.

<i>The Book of the Dead</i> (novel) 2007 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The Book of the Dead is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child published on July 1, 2007, by Warner Books. This is the seventh book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. Also, it is the third and final installment to the trilogy concentrating on Pendergast and his relationship with Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta in their pursuit to stop Pendergast's brother, Diogenes.

<i>Dance of Death</i> (novel) Novel by Lincoln Child

Dance of Death is a novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, published on June 2, 2005 by Warner Books. This is the sixth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. Also, this novel is the second book in the Diogenes trilogy: the first book is Brimstone, released in 2004, and the last book is The Book of the Dead, released in 2006.

<i>Still Life with Crows</i> Novel by Lincoln Child

Still Life with Crows is a thriller novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, released on July 1, 2003 by Grand Central Publishing. It is the fourth novel to feature FBI Special Agent Pendergast as protagonist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Slappy the Dummy</span> Villain in the Goosebumps book series

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<i>Thunderhead</i> (Preston and Child novel) Novel by Douglas Preston

Thunderhead is a thriller novel by American writers Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The book was published on July 1, 1999 by Grand Central Publishing.

<i>The Ice Limit</i> Novel by Lincoln Child

The Ice Limit is a techno-thriller novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The book was published on July 18, 2000 by Grand Central Publishing.

Aloysius Xingu Leng Pendergast is a fictional character appearing in novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He first appeared as a supporting character in their first novel, Relic (1995), and in its 1997 sequel Reliquary, before assuming the protagonist's role in the 2002 novel The Cabinet of Curiosities.

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<i>Fever Dream</i> (Preston and Child novel) Novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Fever Dream is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on May 11, 2010 by Grand Central Publishing. This is the tenth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series and also the first in the Helen trilogy. The preceding novel is Cemetery Dance, and it is followed by Cold Vengeance.

<i>Cold Vengeance</i> (novel) Book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Cold Vengeance is a thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on August 2, 2011 by Grand Central Publishing. This is the eleventh installment in the Special Agent Pendergast series and also the second novel in the Helen trilogy. The preceding novel is Fever Dream.

<i>Two Graves</i> Novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Two Graves is a thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on December 11, 2012 by Grand Central Publishing. This is the twelfth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series and also the third novel in the Helen trilogy. The preceding novel is Cold Vengeance.

<i>White Fire</i> (novel) Novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

White Fire is a thriller novel by American writers Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on November 12, 2013 by Grand Central Publishing. This is the thirteenth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. The preceding novel is Two Graves.

<i>Crimson Shore</i> Novel by Douglas Preston

Crimson Shore is a thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The book was released on November 10, 2015, by Grand Central Publishing. This is the fifteenth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series.

<i>Verses for the Dead</i> 2018 mystery novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Verses for the Dead is a 2018 mystery novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. This is the eighteenth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. It tells the story of FBI special agent Aloysius Pendergast as he investigates a serial killer in Miami Beach.

References

  1. ↑ Rohan, Virginia. "THE MONSTER ON THE DOODLE PAD – LINCOLN CHILD'S `THE RELIC' IS THE PRODUCT", The Record (Bergen County) , 28 January 1997. Accessed 5 December 2007. "When Lincoln Child was just a lad, his mother handed him a big black notebook. First, he doodled in the front. Then, the Morristown novelist recalls, 'I turned to the back, and I drew something so frightening I could never look at it again.'"
  2. ↑ results, search (12 May 2015). "The Forgotten Room: A Novel". Doubleday. Retrieved 20 April 2018– via Amazon.
  3. ↑ "Grand Central in New Deal with Preston/Child". Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "The Lost Island". hachettebookgroup.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  5. ↑ The Pharaoh Key. Hachette Book Group. 2018. ISBN   9781455525805.
  6. ↑ Noble, Barnes &. "Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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