Nelson DeMille
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Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author. DeMille was born in New York City and resides in Garden City, New York, a village on Long Island. He is a graduate of Hofstra University and served in Vietnam.
DeMille has also written under the names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, and Brad Matthews.
DeMille often uses Long Island as a setting in his novels, for example in The Gold Coast, Plum Island, Word of Honor, and Night Fall. His most recent novels have followed two main characters, John Corey and Paul Brenner. At first, the story lines were completely separate, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a larger "DeMille Universe" that references events and characters in earlier novels, such as "The Gold Coast" and "The Charm School."
The fictional Army post in The General's Daughter was a combination of Fort Benning and Fort Stewart.
Recurring Characters
John Corey, a retired New York City police detective on special assignment for the F.B.I. He was introduced in "Plum Island" and reappears in "The Lions's Game" and "Night Fall."
Paul Brenner, an investigator for the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division. He was introduced in "The General's Daughter" and reappears in "Up Country."
Kate Mayfield, an F.B.I. agent. Introduced in "The Lion's Game." She marries Corey and reappears in "Night Fall."
Colonel Burov/Boris Though not explicitly stated, DeMille hints that Burov, the antagonist in "The Charm School," is the same person as the mysterious "Boris," a character in "The Lion's Game."
Ted Nash, a CIA agent, who is introduced"Plum Island", and reappears in "The Lion's Game" and in "Night Fall".
Col. Karl Hellman, Brenner's superior officer at the CID. Appeared in "The General's Daughter" and "Up Country."
Bibliography
- By the Rivers of Babylon (1978), ISBN 0151152780
- Mayday (1979, updated 1998) (with Thomas Block), ISBN 0446604763
- Cathedral (1981), ISBN 044001140X
- The Talbot Odyssey (1984), ISBN 0385293224
- Word of Honor (1985), ISBN 044651280X
- The Charm School (1988), ISBN 0446513059
- The Gold Coast (1990), ISBN 0446515043
- The General's Daughter (1992), ISBN 0446513067 (also a movie)
- Spencerville (1994), ISBN 0446515051
- Plum Island (1997), ISBN 044651506X
- "Revenge and Rebellion", in The Plot Thickens, ed. by Mary Higgins Clark (1997), ISBN 0671015575
- The Lion's Game (2000), ISBN 0446520659
- Up Country (2002), ISBN 0446516570
- Night Fall (2004), ISBN 0446576638