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I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

Lee Child

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
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Coventry
England
UK
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James D. Jim Grant
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They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. It was way too soon. They weren't ready. The attempt was a failure. It could have been a disaster, but it was actually a miracle. Because nobody noticed.
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What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.
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I'm not a vagrant... I'm a hobo. Big difference.
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The third guy was different. He was what you got when you ate squirrels for four generations. Smarter than a rat and tougher than a goat, and jumpier than either one.
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I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy.
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I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying to cope in civilian life. It's like two completely separate planets.
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I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy.
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I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.
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I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.
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