Marcus Sakey

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Marcus Sakey
Occupation Novelist
Nationality United States
Genres Crime fiction
Notable work(s) The Blade Itself
Good People
At the City’s Edge
The Amateurs
www.marcussakey.com

Marcus Sakey is an American author and host to the Travel Channel show Hidden City.

Personal life

Sakey was born in Flint, Michigan, and settled in Chicago with his wife after marriage.[1] Before becoming a writer, Sakey used to run a graphic design company in Atlanta.[2]

Career

Sakey writes crime novels set in the blue collar world of the south side of Chicago. To conduct research for his plots, he has shadowed homicide detectives and gang cops, and interviewed soldiers, among other things. His debut novel, The Blade Itself, was featured as a New York Times Editor's Pick and named one of Esquire Magazine's 5 Best Reads of 2007.[3]

Ben Affleck bought the film rights to The Blade Itself in 2008 for his production company.[4] The film rights to his second and third novels, Good People and At the City’s Edge, have also been bought.[4]

Bibliography

  • The Blade itself (2008)
  • Good People (2009)
  • At the City's Edge (2009)
  • The Desert here and the Desert far away (2010)
  • No One (2010)
  • Gravity and Need (2010)
  • The Days where you were anything else (2010)
  • As breathing (2010)
  • No turning back (2011)
  • Scare tissue: seven stories of love and wounds (2012)
  • The two deaths of Daniel Hayes (2012)
  • Brillance (2013)

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Macmillan: All books by Marcus Sakey". Us.macmillan.com. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2012-07-05. 
  2. ↑ Johnson, Geoffrey (2009-07-21). "You Should Know … Marcus Sakey - Chicago magazine - August 2009 - Chicago". Chicagomag.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05. 
  3. ↑ "Marcus Sakey, award-winning author of The Blade Itself, At The City's Edge, and Good People". Marcussakey.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 By (2010-05-06). "THE READERS’ WRITERS: Interview with Marcus Sakey - Freeport, IL". The Journal-Standard. Retrieved 2012-07-05. 
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