Craig Thomas (Author)

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Craig David Thomas (* 24. November 1942 in Cardiff , Wales ; † 4. April 2011 in Somerset ) was a British author of thrillers .

Craig Thomas was born in Cardiff in 1942 to journalist and author JBG Thomas . He attended Cardiff High School , studied at University College Cardiff and then taught English language and literature for several years . As a thriller author , he became known in 1977 with the work Firefox , template for the film of the same name by Clint Eastwood . Many consider him the inventor of the " techno-thriller ", a type of novel that was best known for Tom Clancy's novels, political and espionage thrillers with a high degree of technology orientation, which the authors mentioned were shaped by the arms race of the Cold War. So contains u. a. Thomas' series around the US pilot Mitchell Gant researched historical and technical details very carefully, which give the fiction of the novels a great inner authenticity.

In April 2011 he died of pneumonia that he contracted as a result of acute myeloid leukemia .

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Series

Pilot Mitchell Gant

  1. Firefox , Munich Heyne 1982, transl. Sepp Leeb ( Firefox 1977)
  2. Firefox Down , Munich Heyne 1985, trans. Sepp Leeb ( Firefox Down 1983)
  3. Habicht , Zurich Benziger 1987, transl. Wulf Bergner ( Winter Hawk 1987)
  4. Different War 1997, no German translation

MI5 Kenneth Aubrey

  1. Snow Falcon , München Heyne 1984, trans. Albrecht Pabst ( Snow Falcon 1979)
  2. Jade-Tiger , Munich Heyne 1983, transl. Sepp Leeb ( Jade Tiger 1982)
  3. The Mole the Bear and the Lion , Zurich Benziger 1986, transl. Wulf Bergner ( Bear's Tears aka Lion's Run 1985)
  4. Eye for Eye , Bayreuth Hestia 1989, trans. Ingo Angres ( All the Gray Cats aka Wildcat 1988)
  5. Die Krähe , Munich Heyne 1997, transl. Alessandro Ricciarelli ( Hooded Crow 1991)

Ex-Agent Patrick Hyde

  1. The last raven , Hamburg Hoffmann and Campe 1991, transl. Jörn Ingwersen ( Last Raven 1990)
  2. Schlangenspiel , Munich Heyne 1996, transl. Alessandro Ricciarelli ( Playing with Cobras 1993)
  3. In the heat of the jungle , Munich Pavilion 2000, transl. Olaf Kraemer ( Slipping into Shadow 1998)

Single novels

  • Wolf hunt , Munich Heyne 1987, transl. Sepp Leeb ( Wolfsbane 1978)
  • Fuchs , Munich Heyne 1987, About Sepp Leeb ( Emerald Decision 1980)
  • See-Leopard , Munich Heyne 1985, transl. Sepp Leeb ( Sea Leopard 1981)
  • Law of Vengeance , Munich Heyne 1997, trans. Michael Windgassen ( Wild Justice 1995)
  • Rat Trap 1976, no German translation
  • Moscow 5000 1979, no German translation. Published under the pseudonym David Grant.

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personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomas, Craig David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh thriller writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Cardiff , Wales
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2011
Place of death Somerset