David Baldacci
Autor(a) de The Camel Club
About the Author
David Baldacci was born in Richmond, Virginia on August 5, 1960. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. He practiced law in Washington D.C. as a trial and corporate lawyer. His first novel, mostrar mais Absolute Power, was published in 1996. It won Britain's prestigious W.H. Smith's Thumping Good Read award for fiction in 1997 and was adapted as a movie starring Clint Eastwood. His other works include Total Control, The Winner, The Simple Truth, Saving Faith, True Blue, One Summer and End Game. He writes numerous series including King and Maxwell, Freddy and the French Fries, the Camel Club, Will Robie, Shaw and Katie James, John Puller, Vega Jane, and Amos Decker. He also published a novella entitled Office Hours and has authored five original screenplays. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de David Baldacci
[unidentified works] 5 cópias
David Baldacci Collection - 4 books (The Camel Club / Hour Game / Saving Faith / Split Second) (2006) 4 cópias
David Baldacci Collection 4 Books Set (the simple truth, saving faith, the winner, the last man standing) (2011) 4 cópias
Der Abgrund und Die Verschwörung 3 cópias
Memory Man; The Target; Hell's Corner; The Whole Truth; Split Second; Hour Game (Set of 6) (2015) 3 cópias
About the Author 2 cópias
King & Maxwell (Season 1) 2 cópias
Evil 2 cópias
David Baldacci Will Robie Series 4 Books Collection Set (The Target, The Hit, The Guilty, The Innocent) (2016) 2 cópias
David Baldacci - November 2018 2 cópias
Absolute Power 2 cópias
David Baldacci Collection - 7 Books (The Whole Truth / Simple Genius / The Collectors / Stone Cold / The Simple Truth /… (1969) 2 cópias
David Baldacci Amos Decker Series 4 Books Collection Set (Memory Man, The Last Mile, The Fix, The Fallen) (2018) 2 cópias
הפרס הגדול 1 exemplar(es)
The Lion 1 exemplar(es)
The Trial 1 exemplar(es)
Simply 1 exemplar(es)
Split Second (Baldacci, David (Large Print)) by Baldacci, David Published by Grand Central Publishing (2003) Hardcover 1 exemplar(es)
Finstere Lügen 1 exemplar(es)
Camino Island r 1 exemplar(es)
Kirjavaliot - Aavikon hiekkaa, Elämä yllättää Julia-rouva, Karu totuus, Jotta toiset saisivat elää (2000) 1 exemplar(es)
Memory Man Series Set (Amos Decker Series) 1 exemplar(es)
King and Maxwell (King & Maxwell Series) 1 exemplar(es)
Hell's Corner / Stone Cold / True Blue / Divine Justice / Total Control / Whole Truth / Split Second / First Family /… 1 exemplar(es)
The Origins of Wish You Well 1 exemplar(es)
The Camel Club r 1 exemplar(es)
The Innocent Have Fallen 1 exemplar(es)
The Mighty Johns | The Empire Strikes | The End of Innocence 1 exemplar(es)
De laatste seconde en andere verhalen 1 exemplar(es)
Det Bästas Bokval (2000) vol 210: Sanningen; Sjunde himlen; Bränd av det förflutna; Falska förespeglingar 1 exemplar(es)
David Baldacci Collection Pack - 4 Books (Divine Justice / The Whole Truth / First Family / True Blue) (2011) 1 exemplar(es)
The Places in Between 1 exemplar(es)
As you Were 1 exemplar(es)
The Innocent / The Hit / The Target 1 exemplar(es)
The Camel Club series 1 exemplar(es)
David Baldacci Collection - 4 Books (Saving Faith / Absolute Power / The Whole Truth / Split Second) (2000) 1 exemplar(es)
Memory 1 exemplar(es)
Shall We Tell the President 1 exemplar(es)
Suspense Magazine June 2014 1 exemplar(es)
Balance of Power 1 exemplar(es)
David Baldacci (Set of 6) Split Second; Hour Game; Simple Genius; 1st Family; 6th Man; King & Maxwell (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
David Baldacci's Action Thriller 3-Book Set (Saving Faith / Absolute Power / Total Control) 1 exemplar(es)
David Baldacci Atlee Pine Series 4 Books Collection Set (Long Road to Mercy, A Minute to Midnight, Daylight, Mercy) (2022) 1 exemplar(es)
Gravado na memoria (Seleções - Memory Man) 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do (2013) — Contribuinte — 179 cópias
Livros Condensados: O Último Detective | Annus Mirabilis | A Menina do Papá | O Comboio do Natal (2003) 4 cópias
Libros selectos. El tatuado de la danza macabra. Vuelo funesto. El halconero. La última jugada (2000) 4 cópias
Livros Condensados: O voo das águias | Primeiro prémio | Assassino a soldo | Sétimo céu (1999) 3 cópias
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Vanished Man • Street Boys • The Christmas Train • The Summer That Never Was (2003) 2 cópias
Het Beste Boek 222: Horen, zien, zwijgen / Zwarte vrouw van de Nijl / Sarin / Nachtreizigers 2 cópias
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 223 - Die Versuchung / Only Love - die Liebe allein / Das Medusaprojekt / Ashana (1999) 2 cópias
Livros Condensados: Sorriso assassin | À deriva | O pianista | O trem do Natal (2005) 1 exemplar(es)
Nejlepší Světové Čtení: Burnt Snow | Distant Shores | The Stone Monkey | The Christmas Train 1 exemplar(es)
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Rain Fall • The Shadow Catcher • The Summer That Never Was • The Christmas Train (2003) 1 exemplar(es)
Válogatott könyvek 11. David Baldacci - A nyertes; Jack Higgins - Sasok szárnyán; Nicholas Sparks - Palackba zárt… (1999) 1 exemplar(es)
Reader's Digest Select Editions = Memory Man, the Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, In a Dark Dark Wood,… 1 exemplar(es)
Válogatott könyvek 2014/2 David Baldacci - Az ártatlan; Dorothy Koomson - Barátnőm kislánya; Anthony Horowitz - A… (2014) — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Ford, David
Ford, David B.
Ford, David Baldacci - Data de nascimento
- 1960-08-05
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Locais de residência
- Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Vienna, Virginia, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Educação
- University of Virginia (JD)
Virginia Commonwealth University (BA)
Henrico High School - Ocupação
- lawyer
author - Organizações
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society (National Ambassador)
Wish You Well Foundation - Premiações
- People Magazine's Fifty Most Beautiful People (1997)
- Agente
- Aaron Priest (Aaron Priest Literary Agency)
- Pequena biografia
- David Baldacci (b. 1960 in Richmond, Virginia) is a bestselling American novelist. Baldacci received a B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. As a student, Baldacci wrote short stories in his spare time, and later practiced law for nine years near Washington, D.C.. While living in Alexandria, Virginia, Baldacci wrote short stories and screenplays without much success. In despair, he turned to novel writing, taking three years to write Absolute Power. It took Baldacci two years to get the book published, but when it finally did hit the shelves in 1996 it was an international best seller.
David Baldacci serves as a national ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and participates in numerous charities as well as founding his own foundation for literacy, Wish You Well Foundation. Baldacci was raised in Virginia and still resides there (in Vienna, Virginia) with his wife, Michelle A. Collin-Baldacci (Mikki), and two children. His cousin is the Democratic Governor of Maine John Baldacci, first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.
In 1997, People magazine named him one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
Membros
Discussions
Let’s Meet.. em Book Discussion : Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci (Junho 2020)
Chat em Book Discussion : Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci (Junho 2020)
Chat em Book Discussion : Divine Justice by David Baldacci (Maio 2020)
Chat em Book Discussion : Stone Cold by David Baldacci (Abril 2020)
Let’s remind ourselves about the Author. em Book Discussion : Stone Cold by David Baldacci (Abril 2020)
Chat em Book Discussion: The Collectors by David Baldacci (Março 2020)
Meet the Author... em Book Discussion : The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Agosto 2019)
Chat em Book Discussion : The Camel Club by David Baldacci (Julho 2019)
Meet the Author em Book Discussion : End Game by David Baldacci (Dezembro 2018)
Chat em Book Discussion : End Game by David Baldacci (Dezembro 2018)
Chat em Book Discussion: The Guilty by David Baldacci (Agosto 2018)
Chat em Book Discussion : The Target by David Baldacci (Maio 2018)
Chat em Book Discussion : The Hit by David Baldacci (Janeiro 2018)
Chat em Book Discussion : King and Maxwell by David Baldacci (Setembro 2017)
Chat em Book Discussion : The Innocent by David Baldacci (Agosto 2017)
Chat em Book Discussion : The Sixth Man by David Baldacci (Maio 2017)
Chat em Book Discussion - First Family by David Baldacci (Janeiro 2017)
Pre Book Discusssion Chat em Book Discussion : Simple Genius by David Baldacci (Outubro 2016)
Crime fiction/Thriller series similar to Jack Reacher em Name that Book (Agosto 2016)
Pre Group Read Discussion em Book Discussion : Hour Game by David Baldacci (Julho 2016)
YA -Girl in small mountain (mine?) town em Name that Book (Julho 2016)
Resenhas
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Five star books (1)
Books Read in 2021 (10)
Movies/Shows (1)
Christmas Books (1)
READ in 2023 (1)
Christmas Movies (1)
StoryTel 2023 (1)
Thieves (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 147
- Also by
- 26
- Membros
- 119,087
- Popularidade
- #67
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 3,180
- ISBNs
- 3,105
- Idiomas
- 27
- Favorito
- 202
A professional burglar breaks into an opulent house near Washington DC. He has done his research, and confidently expects that the house will be empty, as the occupants are supposed to be on holiday in the Caribbean. However, while he is in the property, he hears people coming into the house, and as luck would have it, they come up to the master bedroom, where he had been clearing out the contents of a large walk-in safe. He withdraws into the safe, pulling it closed behind him. At this point he realises that the mirror on the door of the safe is two-way, and from his vantage point he watches proceeding unfold.
And those proceedings are noteworthy. The newcomers on the scene are the young wife of the octogenarian owner of the house and her new lover, who happens also to be the President of the United States. Things do not go to plan, and the woman ends up dead, shot by members of the President’s security detail, who, it seems, accompany him even on such trysts. After the President and his party withdraw, the burglar makes good his escape, stopping only to retrieve a vital piece of evidence of what has taken place.
Initially unaware that a witness has been on the scene, the President’s party return to the scene to clear away al traces, and become aware that a burglar had been there, and that evidence has gone missing. This leads to a massive clandestine operation to discover who is involved, and what they might plan to do with their knowledge.
This may all sound rather contrived, but that is more down to my clumsy synopsis. To the reader, it all comes across with great urgency and plausibility, and I was caught up right from the start. I believe that before becoming a full time writer, Baldacci was a solicitor, but his spare and clear prose, and his ability to unwind a compelling and gripping story suggest he might also have made an admirable journalist.… (mais)