Jess Walter
Jess Walter (born July 20, 1965 in Spokane , Washington ) is an American journalist and writer .
Life
Jess Walter graduated from Eastern Washington University . He then worked as a journalist for magazines such as Newsweek , Washington Post and the Boston Globe . He worked for The Spokesman Review for the Randy Weaver incident at Ruby Ridge . The story was later processed in the 1995 non-fiction book Every Knee Shall Bow , which was filmed a year later with the film drama The Siege of Ruby Ridge . Walter's first novel Over Tumbled Graves was published in 2002 under the title Fall of Sins as a hardcover and in 2003 under the title Stummes Echo as a paperback with Heyne Verlag .
He lives in his childhood home in Spokane with his wife and three children.
Works
- Novels
- 2001: Over Tumbled Graves
- 2002: Fall of Man . Heyne Verlag , ISBN 3-453-21408-0 .
- 2003: Silent echo . Heyne Verlag, ISBN 3-453-87024-7 .
- 2003: The Land of the Blind
- 2005: the confession . Heyne Verlag, ISBN 3-453-43020-4 .
- 2005: Citizen Vince
- 2006: The Agenda . Heyne Verlag, ISBN 3-453-43149-9 .
- 2006: The Zero
- 2009: The Financial Lives of the Poets
- 2012: Beautiful Ruins
- Non-fiction
- 1995: Every Knee Shall Bow
- 1996: In Contempt (together with Christopher Darden )
Web links
- Jess Walter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Jess Walter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walter, Jess |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spokane , Washington , United States |