Greg Iles
Greg Iles (born 1960) is an
American bestselling
novelist.
Greg Iles was born in
Stuttgart,
Germany in 1960, where his father ran the
U.S. Embassy Medical Clinic. He was raised in Natchez, Mississippi, and graduated from the
University of Mississippi in 1983. Iles spent several years playing music in the band Frankly Scarlet. He quit the band after he was married and began working on his first novel,
Spandau Phoenix, a thriller about Nazi war criminal
Rudolf Hess.
Spandau Phoenix was published in 1993 and became the first of eight
New York Times best sellers.
Iles, unlike most novelists, published best-selling novels in a variety of genres. His novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages and published in more than twenty countries worldwide.
In 2002, he wrote the script
24 Hours from his best selling novel of the same name. It was rewritten by director
Don Roos and renamed
Trapped, which Greg then rewrote during the shoot, at the request of the producers and actors.
Iles spends much of his free time playing music. He is a member of the group "The Rock Bottom Remainders" which includes authors
Dave Barry,
Ridley Pearson,
Stephen King,
Scott Turow,
Amy Tan,
Mitch Albom,
Roy Blount, Jr.,
Matt Groening,
Kathi Kamen Goldmark, and
James McBride.
Greg currently lives in
Natchez, Mississippi, with his wife and his two children.
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Spandau Phoenix, 1993 (ISBN 0525936041)#
Black Cross, 1995 (ISBN 052593829X)#
Mortal Fear, 1997 (ISBN 0525937927)#
The Quiet Game, 1999 (ISBN 0525937935)#
24 Hours, 2000 (ISBN 0399146245)#
Dead Sleep, 2001 (ISBN 0399147357)#
Sleep No More, 2002 (ISBN 0399148817)#
The Footprints of God, 2003 , also titled
Dark Matter (ISBN 0340822740)#
Blood Memory, 2005 (ISBN 0743234707) — debuted at #8 on the New York Times Best Seller list#
Turning Angel, 2005 (ISBN 0743234715)#
True Evil, 2006
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The Official Website of Greg Iles*
Barnes & Noble - Meet the Writers - Greg Iles
