Douglas Kennedy (Author)

Douglas Kennedy (2010)

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Douglas Lawrence Kennedy (* 1955 in Manhattan , New York City ) is an American writer .

Life

Douglas Kennedy is the son of a broker and a production assistant for NBC . He attended the Collegiate School in New York City and graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in history with Magna Cum Laude in 1976 . He then moved to Ireland, where he studied in Dublin for a year at Trinity College and founded a theater company with a friend. With this he was later engaged by the Abbey Theater for a supporting program. At the age of 28, however, he left this again and concentrated completely on writing. He wrote some radio plays for the radio and a play before he published his first book in 1988 with the travelogue Beyond the Pyramids: Travel in Egypt . He and his wife moved to London in 1988 , where he eventually worked as a journalist, working for newspapers such as The Sunday Times , The Sunday Telegraph , The Listener, and The New Statesman .

Douglas made his debut as a writer in 1994 with the thriller Only Heaven Was Witness . Since then he has written nine more novels, including thrillers, dramas and crime novels. He often writes his stories from the perspective of educated women. Several of his books became international bestsellers and sold over six million copies worldwide, with a total circulation of 3 million in France alone. With Aus der Welt and The Moment , two of his novels were already number 1 on the bestseller list. He was also awarded the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres cultural award in 2007 .

So far, three of Kennedy's novels have been filmed. After his debut novel was published in 1997 with Johnathon Schaech and Susie Porter in the leading roles under the title Welcome to Woop Woop , his second novel Nachtblende with Romain Duris and Marina Foïs in the leading roles was filmed under the title of the same name . Most recently, the film adaptation of The Lover was released with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas , which was released on DVD in Germany on April 6, 2012 under the title The Mysterious Stranger .

He lives with his wife and their two children in London, Paris , Berlin , Montreal and Maine .

Works

Travel reports

• Beyond the pyramids. Travel in Egypt , 1988, ISBN 0-04-910086-6
• In God's Country. Travels in the Bible Belt, USA , 1989, ISBN 978-0-349-10719-6
• Chasing Mammon. Travels in the Pursuit of Money , 1992, ISBN 978-0-349-12095-9

Novels

• The Dead Heart , 1994, ISBN 0-316-90947-5
  • German: The trap (also as: only heaven was witness ). Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2001, ISBN 978-3-404-14761-8
• The Big Picture , 1997, ISBN 0-316-88298-4
  • German: Nachtblende . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1998, ISBN 978-3-404-14278-1
• The Job , 1998, ISBN 0-316-64383-1
  • German: The job . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1999, ISBN 978-3-404-14493-8
• The Pursuit of Happiness , 2001, ISBN 0-09-179437-4
  • German: The decision . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2001, ISBN 978-3-404-14927-8
• Losing It , 2002; New edition 2006 as: Temptation , ISBN 0-09-179964-3
  • German: At any price . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2004, ISBN 978-3-404-26774-3
• A Special Relationship , 2003, ISBN 0-09-179348-3
  • German: a dangerous relationship . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 978-3-404-15620-7
• State of the Union , 2005, ISBN 0-09-180028-5
  • German: In a single night . Diana, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-453-35221-6
• The Woman in the Fifth , 2007, ISBN 978-0-09-956487-4
  • German: The lover . Diana, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-35234-6
• Leaving the World , 2009, ISBN 978-0-09-950967-7
  • German: From the world . Diana, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-29046-4
• The Moment , 2011, ISBN 978-0-09-950974-5
• Five Days , 2013, ISBN 978-0-09-950972-1
• The Heat of Betrayal , 2015, ISBN 978-0-09-958519-0
• The Blue Hour , 2016, ISBN 978-1-45-166637-3
• The Great Wide Open , 2019, ISBN 978-1-78-633169-4

Web links

Commons : Douglas Kennedy  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Works by Douglas Kennedy in the catalog of the German National Library
• Douglas Kennedy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Douglas Kennedy: a storyteller grappling with the larger things in life , irishtimes.com