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Heather Martin
Heather Martin grew up in Aix-en-Provence, Paris, and Perth, Australia, where she would fall asleep to the sound of the Indian Ocean. She read Languages at Cambridge, where she also did a PhD in comparative literature, and has held teaching and research positions at Cambridge, Hull, King's College London, and most recently, the Graduate Center, City University New York. Heather is a long-time Reacher fan. While waiting to get her hands on the next in the series, she once read a Lee Child book in Spanish and wound up writing to the author about the fate of his character in translation. The Reacher Guy is her first biography. She is based in London but visits America regularly.
The Obscure French Thriller That May Hold the Secrets to Jack Reacher's World
In the late '80s, Lee Child—he was still Jim Grant then—picked up a copy of a French novel by Loup Durand. Its influence was profound.
Lee Child’s Little Gold Book
A new book of collected writings reveals unexpected insights into Child's journey from Birmingham to a golden retirement.
The Mostly Unknown History of Lee Child's 'Letters to the Editor' of the New York Times
In the early days of Jack Reacher, after moving to America, Lee Child had some opinions about the country's conservative figures.
Reacher, Prospero, and Child
The links connecting two writers—William Shakespeare and Lee Child—run deeper than you might think.
