Stuart Woods
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Stuart Woods is an American novelist. Image:Stuart idx.jpg
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[edit] Introduction
Stuart Woods is an American writer whose works mostly belong to the genre of suspense fiction. His novels are more versatile than those of other crime fiction authors. Most of them have a more interesting twist and have been described as, "offbeat thrillers with a wicked sense of humor." His popular character "Stone Barrington" is a former N.Y.P.D. detective, turned lawyer, who is of counsel to a prestigious law firm, which employs him to handle cases that they do not wish to be seen to be associated with. He also has a number of other continuing characters who are nearly as popular with his readers as Barrington.
Woods is prolific, having written thirty-six novels in a twenty-five year career; he usually writes two novels a year and is increasing that to three novels a year, at the request of his publishers. He has also written two non-fiction books: a travel book and a memoir, which describes a two-year period in his life when he sailed alone across the Atlantic in a 30-foot yacht.
He is also a pilot, flying his own single-engine turboprop airplane on two book tours a year, and he has one of the new very light jets on order.
He describes himself as a "born-again bachelor" and lives in Key West, Florida, Mt. Desert Island, Maine and in New York City. He maintains a detailed website at stuartwoods.com [1] which features an interview with the author and a biography, and allows his readers to correspond with him.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Fiction (chronological order)
- Chiefs (Edgar Award Best First Novel)- set in the fictional town of Delano, GA, 1981
- Run Before the Wind † (1983)
- Deep Lie † (1986)
- Under the Lake (1987)
- White Cargo (1988)
- Grass Roots † (1989)
- Palindrome - set in Cumberland Island, GA (1991)
- New York Dead * (1991)
- Santa Fe Rules β - set in Santa Fe, New Mexico (1992)
- L.A. Times - set in Los Angeles, California (1993)
- Dead Eyes - set in Los Angeles, California (1994)
- Heat - set in a fictional town in Idaho (1994)
- Imperfect Strangers(1995)Grand Prix de Literature Policiere (French Academy)
- Choke (1995)
- Dirt * (1996)
- Dead in the Water * (1997)
- Swimming to Catalina * (1998)
- Orchid Beach ° - set in the fictional town of Orchid Beach, FL (1998)
- Worst Fears Realized * (1999)
- The Run † (2000)
- L.A. Dead * (2000)
- Cold Paradise * (2001)
- Orchid Blues ° (2001)
- The Short Forever * (2002)
- Blood Orchid ° (2002)
- Dirty Work * (2003)
- Capital Crimes † (2003)
- Reckless Abandon *° (2004)
- The Prince of Beverly Hills # (2004)
- Two Dollar Bill * (2005)
- Iron Orchid ° (2005)
- Dark Harbor *° (2006)
- Short Straw β (2006)
- Fresh Disasters* (April 10, 2007)
[edit] Legend
- A Stone Barrington Novel *
- A Will Lee Novel †
- A Holly Barker Novel °
- A Rick Barron Novel #
- A Ed Eagle Novel β
[edit] Non-Fiction
- Blue Water, Green Skipper
- A Romantic's Guide...
[edit] To be published
- Fresh Disasters* (April 10,2007)
- Shoot Him if he Runs* (October,2007)
- Beverly Hills Dead # (January, 2008)
