Greg Iles

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Greg Iles

Greg Iles (* 1960 in Stuttgart ) is an American writer .

Life

Greg Iles was born in 1960 in Stuttgart, where his father ran the clinic at the American embassy. When he was four years old, the family moved to Natchez , Mississippi .

After Iles graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983 , he was guitarist and singer with the Frankly Scarlet Band . In 1989 he gave up music and devoted himself to writing. His debut novel Spandau Phoenix was published in 1993.

He has since published several bestsellers in various genres, which have been published in dozens of languages ​​and more than 20 countries. Many of his novels are about the main character Penn Cage and are set in the southern United States . Despite changing main characters and narrative forms (first person, third person), the same supporting roles appear repeatedly in the storylines.

The novel 24 Hours was filmed in 2002 under the name Trapped with Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon . Greg Iles also wrote the script for this.

In 2011, Iles suffered life-threatening injuries as a result of a car accident that caused him to lose part of his right leg. During his recovery, Iles wrote three more novels from his Penn Cage series, which are set again in Natchez , Mississippi , Iles' homeland.

In his free time he is engaged in music. Iles is a member of the band Rock Bottom Remainders , whose members are exclusively writers, journalists and screenwriters.

Greg Iles lives in Natchez, Mississippi with his wife and two children.

Works

Novels

Penn Cage series

  1. The Quiet Game, 1999 (under lock and key), German by Bianca Güth; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2001. ISBN 3-404-14550-X
  2. Turning Angel, 2005 (Blackmail), German by Axel Merz; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2007. ISBN 978-3-404-15802-7
  3. The Devil's Punchbowl, 2009 (Adrenalin), German by Bernd Rullkötter; Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2011. ISBN 978-3-404-16542-1
  4. Natchez Burning, German by Ulrike Seeberger; Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-352-00681-4
  5. The Bone Tree, 2015 (Die Toten von Natchez), German by Ulrike Seeberger; Rütten & Loening Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-352-00665-4
  6. Mississippi Blood, 2017 (The Sins of Natchez), German by Ulrike Seeberger; Rütten & Loening Berlin 2018. ISBN 3352009074

Mississippi range

  1. Mortal Fear, 1997 (@EROS), German by Uwe Anton; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2003. ISBN 3-404-25922-X
  2. 24 Hours, 2000 (24 hours), German by Karin Meddekis; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2002. ISBN 3-404-14810-X / also as: 24 hours fear, same translation; Weltbild, Augsburg 2003. ISBN 3-8289-7260-8
  3. Dead Sleep, 2001 (Infernal), German by Axel Merz; Ehrenwirth, Bergisch Gladbach 2003. ISBN 3-431-03503-5
  4. Sleep No More, 2002 (Eternal Sleep), German by Bianca Güth; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2004. ISBN 3-404-15160-7

Other novels

  • Spandau Phoenix, 1993
  • Black Cross, 1995 (Black Death), German by Wolfgang Thon; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2000. ISBN 3-404-14421-X
  • The Footprints of God, 2003 (also as Dark Matter) (Stolen Memory), German by Axel Merz; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2005. ISBN 3-404-15397-9
  • Blood Memory, 2005 (bite wounds), German by Axel Merz; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2007. ISBN 978-3-404-15576-7
  • True Evil, 2006 (Leises Gift), German by Axel Merz; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2008. ISBN 978-3-404-15967-3
  • Third Degree, 2007 (12 hours of fear), German by Axel Merz; Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2009. ISBN 978-3-404-16408-0
Audio books
  • 12 hours of fear (speaker Uve Teschner, length 6:30 hours, 2010)
  • @EROS (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 21:42 hours, unabridged, October 5, 2012)
  • Under lock and key (speaker: Uve Teschner, length: 21:09 hours, unabridged, January 22, 2013)
  • 24 hours (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 12:55 hours, unabridged, August 8, 2012)
  • Infernal (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 17:29 hours, unabridged, May 4, 2012)
  • Eternal sleep (speaker: Uve Teschner, length 1:45 hours, unabridged, September 26, 2013)
  • Stolen memory (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 17:02 hours, unabridged, December 12, 2013)
  • Bite wounds (Speaker: Melanie Pukaß, length 7:39 hours, shortened, August 20, 2008)
  • Blackmail (speaker: Tobias Kluckert, length 6:33 hours, abridged, September 20, 2004)
  • Quiet Poison (Speaker: Reent Reins, length 7:51 hours, shortened, January 29, 2009)
  • Adrenalin (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 21:40 hours, unabridged, October 31, 2013)
  • Natchez Burning (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 32:28 hours, unabridged, February 20, 2015)
  • The dead of Natchez (speaker: Uve Teschner, length 32:33 hours, unabridged, April 18, 2016)
  • The Sins of Natchez (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 30:02 hours, unabridged, April 28, 2018)
  • Betrayed Land (Speaker: Uve Teschner, length 24:02 hours, unabridged, August 19, 2019)

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personal data
SURNAME Iles, Greg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart