The hero - lee child

Lee Child is one of the worlds leading thriller writers.

He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York.

It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds.

His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies.

Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far.

He is the recipient of many awards, most recently the CWAs Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction, the International Thriller Writers ThrillerMaster, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award.