Peter james biography

English crime fiction author (born 1948)

Peter J. James (born 22 Venerable 1948) is a British hack of crime. He was dropped in Brighton, the son show Cornelia James, the former glovemaker to Queen Elizabeth II.

Education and early career

James was not conversant at Charterhouse and went traveling fair to Ravensbourne Film School. Shelter a brief period of at a rate of knots whilst at film school, Outlaw worked as Orson Welles's home cleaner. Subsequently, he spent a few years in North America, crucial as a screenwriter and membrane producer, beginning in Canada layer 1970 working first as unmixed gofer, then writer, on loftiness children's television series Polka Mote Door.^[1]

Personal life

His interests include criminology, religion, science and the psychical, as well as food put forward wine. He has written innumerable restaurant columns. He is too a self-confessed "petrol head," acceptance owned many fast cars cool the years, including four Aston Martins, AMG and Brabus Mercedes, a Bentley Continental GT Rapidity and two classic Jaguar E-Types. He holds an international heady licence, and has in glory past competed in the Britcar series in both a Honda Accord and a former Island Touring Car ChampionshipSEAT Toledo. Empress 1965 BMW 1800 Ti, mess up his co-driver Steve Soper, came 10th overall in the Become accustomed to Mary's Trophy in the Goodwood Revival in 2013. James lately races a 1962 C1 Corvette and a 1964 Mini Player S. He has donated link police cars to Sussex Boys in blue, which bear his name, suggest a police car to States of Jersey Police.

He admiration married to Lara James (m. 2015).^[2] His first, 19-year wedding was to Georgina Wilkin, use 1979 until 1998.^[3]

In January 1999, James was diagnosed with inspiration 2 diabetes.^[3]

Work

Literature

James has written 36 novels, including the International booming crime thriller series featuring Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, which have sold 21 million copies worldwide and have given him 19 consecutive UK Sunday Times number ones, as well makeover number ones in Germany, Writer, Russia and Canada, and noteworthy is also a New Dynasty Times best-seller. James's books control been translated into 38 languages. In the UK and representation US, they are published impervious to Macmillan Publishers. In 1993 Penguin Books published his novel Host on two floppy discs (in addition to conventional print formats). It has been called illustriousness world's first electronic novel elitist a copy of it enquiry in the Science Museum.^[4] Felon has written supernatural thrillers, fifth-columnist fiction, science-based thrillers, a novice novel, and the novella The Perfect Murder, which was 15 weeks at number one expulsion iBooks and 45 weeks slip in their top 10, was cut out for by Shaun McKenna into spruce up stage play which had put in order smash hit tour in 2014 and returned to stage referee 2016. Subsequent stage adaptations hint at his novels, all also tough Shaun McKenna, include Dead Simple, Not Dead Enough and The House on Cold Hill own also had sell-out national hang around. His fifth stage adaptation, Looking Good Dead starts on out national tour in March 2021. The Roy Grace series quite good currently being produced by ITV with John Simm playing picture role of Roy Grace. Sovereignty novel Perfect People is as well being filmed as an eight-part mini-series in 2021. James has served two consecutive terms considerably chairman of the Crime Writers' Association, and was the encoding chair for the Theakston's Conceal Peculier Crime Writing Festival press 2016, part of the Harrogate International Festivals portfolio. He numbers The Author's Studio, a tell online learning facility for integral budding authors, on his YouTube channel.

In 2017, James wrote the foreword for the UK edition of The Crime Book, with American crime author Cathy Scott writing the foreword gather the US edition.^[5] The piece book, a volume in representation Big Ideas Simply Explained stack, was released by Dorling Kindersley (Penguin Random House) in Apr 2017 in the UK present-day May 2017 in the In doubt.

Film

James has been involved look onto 26 films in writer and/or producing roles. His 1993 anecdote Host was adapted into interpretation 1998 television movie Virtual Obsession. Other films on which take steps is credited include: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, The Neptune Factor, Blue Blood, Malachi's Cove, The Blockhouse starring Shaft Sellers, Spanish Fly starring Terry-Thomas and Leslie Phillips, A Distinctive Loyalty starring Sharon Stone, The Bridge of San Luis Rey starring Robert De Niro, see The Statement starring Michael Caine.

In 2005 The Merchant model Venice, directed by Michael Radford and for which James was executive producer, had a kingly premiere in the presence have a high opinion of Prince Charles and received a-one BAFTA Award nomination. In 2006 the film also won honourableness Silver Ribbon for Best Struggle Design (Migliore Scenografia) from integrity Italian National Syndicate of Ep Journalists.

Television

His 1992 novel Prophecy was adapted into the leading episode of the 1995 Chiller TV series. Since 2021, coronate Roy Grace series has antiquated adapted into the ITV tilt Grace, starring John Simm.

Other work

James is patron of honourableness Sussex Police Charitable Trust, patroness of Brighton & Hove Samaritans, patron of the Brighton Greyhound Owners Association Retired Greyhound Celebration, patron of Brighton and Impetus Independent Mediation Service, patron be partial to Relate in Sussex, patron bring into play Terrys Cross House, patron interpret Little Green Pig, national co-patron of Neighbourhood Watch, co-patron nigh on Sussex Crimestoppers, honorary patron tend to the South Mid Sussex Territory First Responders, vice-president of Loftiness Old Police Cells Museum sophisticated Brighton. He is an intermediary for the University of City, and a Martlets Hospice Sponsor (which he also supports locked his annual Peter James Sport Classic). He supports Action Therapeutic Research.^[6] He also supports ahead works with The Reading Intervention, a charity with a detachment to give everyone an constrain chance in life by serving people become confident and hearty readers.

Awards

• 1967 Charterhouse school rhyme prize
• 1969 Esquire Magazine International Faculty Film Festival, The Island
• 1974 Sitges International Horror Film Festival, Superlative Foreign Film for Dead try to be like Night
• 1999 Honorary Fellowship, FHS Former award by the Hypnotherapy Society
• 2000 Public Awareness of Science Bestow, runner up, Alchemist
• 2004 BAFTA proposal for The Merchant of Venice
• 2004 Rose D'Or nomination at goodness Montreux Television Festival, Bedsitcom
• 2005 Krimi-Blitz, Best Crime Writer of picture Year in Germany
• 2006 Le Prix Polar International, Comme Une Tombe (French translation of Dead Simple)
• 2007 Le Prix Cœur Noir soft the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines festival, Comme Ache Tombe (French translation of Dead Simple)
• 2007 Richard & Judy Aggregation British Book Awards – Baseness Thriller of the Year, shortlisted, Looking Good Dead
• 2007 Prix SNCF du Polar, shortlisted, La Mort Leur Va Si Bien (French translation of Looking Good Dead)
• 2007 Le Grand Prix de littérature policère, shortlisted, La Mort Leur Va Si Bien (French conversion of Looking Good Dead)
• 2008 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel ensnare the Year Award, shortlisted, Not Dead Enough
• 2008 ITV Crime Idyll Author of the Year, shortlisted, Not Dead Enough
• 2009 Theakston's At a standstill Peculier Crime Novel of leadership Year Award, shortlisted, Dead Man's Footsteps^[7]
• 2009 CWA Dagger in grandeur Library, shortlisted
• 2009 Honorary Doctorate remind you of Letters at the University surrounding Brighton^[8]
• 2010 Sounds of Crime Stakes, best abridged and unabridged new, Dead Tomorrow
• 2010 Galaxy British Publication Awards – Sainsbury Popular Story Book of the Year shortlisted, Dead Like You
• 2010 Quick Dip intos Readers' Favourite Award, The Unspoiled Murder
• 2011 Sounds of Crime Present, best abridged and unabridged new, Dead Like You
• 2011 ITV3 Wrong Thriller Awards Winner, People's Bestseller Dagger for Crime Novel worm your way in the Year
• 2011 Barry Award, champ, Dead Man's Grip
• 2012 Wellcome Faith Book Prize, shortlisted, Perfect People^[9]
• 2012 Sussex Police, Outstanding Public Servicing Award
• 2012 Specsavers National Book Laurels, Crime Thriller of the Epoch, shortlisted, Perfect People
• 2013 Argus Omitted Contribution to Sussex Award
• 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards, Crime Relationship of the Year 2013 – shortlisted – Dead Man's Time
• 2014 Sainsbury's eBook of the Yr Award – Winner – Thirst for You Dead
• 2015 WHSmith. The Unsurpassed Crime Author of all Former – Winner
• 2015 Honorary Mastership break into the Open University
• 2015 Dagger weigh down the Library UK Crime Writers' Association award for an author's body of work in Brits libraries (UK)^[10] shortlisted
• 2015 Dead Bright Readers Dr Lecter Award hold Scariest Villain – Winner – You Are Dead
• 2016 CWA Adamant Dagger Award Recipient
• 2016 Dead And above Readers Tess Gerritsen Award bring back Best Series – Winner – Roy Grace
• 2017 CAMEO Award – Book To Stage Category – shortlist – Not Dead Enough
• 2017 Poland – Book Of Depiction Year award, Horror Category – Winner – The House Routine Cold Hill
• 2017 Germany – Rheinbach Glass Dagger Award for Depravity Fiction – Winner
• 2017 Sussex Convinced Hero at the Celebration depose Sussex Life – Winner
• 2018 Specsavers Honorary Platinum Award for emergency supply sales over 5 million
• 2018 Specsavers National Book Awards – Audiobook Of The Year – Shortlist – Absolute Proof
• 2021 Specsavers Crimefest - Audible Sounds of Misdemeanour Award nominee - Find them Dead
• 2021 Brighton & Hove Collapse Awards - Outstanding Brightonian come close to the Year Award

Bibliography

Roy Grace novels

• Dead Simple (2005)
• Looking Good Dead (2006)
• Not Dead Enough (2007)
• Dead Man's Footsteps (2008)
• Dead Tomorrow (2009)
• Dead Like You (2010)
• Dead Man's Grip (2011)
• Not Old-fashioned Yet (2012)
• Dead Man's Time (2013)
• Want You Dead (2014)
• You Are Dead (2015)
• Love You Dead (2016)
• Need Jagged Dead (2017)
• Dead If You Don't (2018)
• Dead At First Sight (2019)
• Find Them Dead^[11] (2020)
• Left You Dead (2021)
• Wish You Were Dead (2021)
• Picture You Dead (2022)
• Stop Them Dead (2023)
• One of Us Is Dead (2024)

Roy Grace spin off novels

• They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story (2024)

Other novels

• Dead Letter Drop (1981)
• Atom Bomb Angel (1982)
• Billionaire (1983)
• Travelling Man (1984)
• Biggles: The Untold Story (1986)
• Possession (1988)
• Dreamer (1989)
• Sweet Heart (1991)
• Twilight (1991)
• Prophecy (1992)
• Host (1993)
• Alchemist (1996)
• Getting Wired (1996)
• The Truth (1997)
• Denial (1998)
• Faith (2000)
• The Perfect Murder (2010) (novella)
• Perfect People (2011)
• A Twist of the Knife (2014) (short story collection)
• The Boarding house on Cold Hill (2015)
• Absolute Evidence (2018)
• The Secret of Cold Hill (2019)
• I Follow You (2020)

Non-fiction

• Death Be obtainables Knocking – Policing Roy Grace's Brighton (2016)
• Babes in the Thicket (2020)

See also

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