Linwood Barclay

Linwood Barclay

Linwood Barclay (* 1955 in Connecticut ) is a Canadian - American author , journalist and former columnist.

Life

Barclay's parents settled near Toronto in the late 1950s . His father, Everett Barclay, was a draftsman and painter who worked for the auto industry and its advertising in magazines such as Life , Look and the Saturday Evening Post . In the 1960s, automobile advertising was increasingly dominated by photography and so his father changed his saddle. The family settled on the Kawartha Lakes northwest of Toronto in the province of Ontario . There the family had acquired a holiday village with huts and parking spaces for caravans. When Barclay was 16, his father died and Linwood became the family breadwinner. He wrote the experiences from this time in his report Last Resort A Memoir .

At 22, Barclay left the holiday village for Peterborough, northeast of Toronto, where he studied English literature at Trent University and found his first job with a newspaper, the Peterborough Examiner . At Trent University he met the Canadian author Margaret Laurence , who worked there as writer-in-residence , and had the American author of mystery novels Ross Macdonald as a mentor. In 1981 he moved to Canada's largest daily newspaper, the Toronto Star , where he held various editorial positions until 1993. From 1993 onwards he became known for his humorous columns and commentaries with the Toronto Star. In 2008 he left the newspaper in order to devote himself entirely to his literary work.

Barclay met his wife at Trent University. The couple have two grown children and live in Burlington, southwest of Toronto.

Awards and honors

• 2009: Arthur Ellis Award (Arthur) in the category Best Novel for Too Close to Home

Works

• Father Knows Zilch: A Guide for Dumbfolded Dads. with illustrations by Steve Nease. Stoddart, Toronto 1996, ISBN 0-7737-5808-9 .
• This House Is Nuts! : Surviving the Absurdities of Everyday Life. Illustrations Steve Nease. Stoddart, Toronto 1997, ISBN 0-7737-3056-7 .
• Last Resort: A Memoir . McClelland & Stewart, Toronto 2000, ISBN 0-7710-1078-8 .

Comic thrillers with the main character Zack Walker

• Bad move. Bantam Books, New York City 2004, ISBN 0-553-80385-9 .
• Bad guys. Bantam Books, New York 2005, ISBN 0-553-80386-7 .
• Lone Wolf. Bantam Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-553-80455-3 .
• Stone Rain. Bantam Books, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-553-80456-0 .

Psychological Thrillers (Mystery Novels)

• No time for goodbye. Charnwood, Leicester 2007, ISBN 978-1-84782-343-4 .
  • German: Without a word . Ullstein, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-26743-2 .
• Too close to home . Bantam Books. New York City, USA 2008, ISBN 978-0-553-80556-7 .
  • German: Close to death . Ullstein, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-548-26744-9 .
• Fear the Worst . Bantam Books. New York City 2009, ISBN 978-0-553-80716-5 .
  • German: In fear of death . Ullstein, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-548-28271-8 .
• Never look away. Delacorte Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-553-80717-2 .
  • German: No escape . Ullstein, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-548-28348-7 .
• The Accident . Bantam Books, New York City 2011, ISBN 978-0-553-80718-9 .
  • German: Because I loved you . Knaur Taschenbuch, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-51052-0 .
• Trust your eyes . Doubledy Canada, Toronto 2012, ISBN 978-0-385-66957-3 .
  • German: Window to Death . Droemer Knaur, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-21356-8 .
• 360: A Novel . Bantam Books, New York City, USA 2012, ISBN 978-0-553-80795-0 .
• Never saw it coming . Orion, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-4091-4141-9 .
  • German: Ask the dead . Droemer Knaur, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-21371-1 .
• A tap on the window . New American Library, New York City, USA 2013, ISBN 978-0-451-41418-2 .
  • German: Death comes at night . Droemer Knaur, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-51480-1 .
• No safe house . New American Library, New York City 2014, ISBN 978-0-451-41420-5 .
  • German: be silent forever . Droemer Knaur, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-426-51791-8 .
• Broken Promise . New American Library, New York City 2015, ISBN 978-0-451-47267-0 .
• Far from True . New American Library, New York City 2016, ISBN 978-0-451-47270-0 .

Children's books

• Chase: Get Ready To Run. PRH Canada Young Readers, 2017, ISBN 978-0-143-19875-8 .
  • German: Chase: on the run. Edel: Kids Books, 2018, ISBN 978-3-961-29029-1 .
• Escape: Don't Stop Running. PRH Canada Young Readers, 2018, ISBN 978-0-143-19878-9 .
  • German: Chase: The conspiracy. Edel: Kids Books, 2018, ISBN 978-3-961-29067-3 .

Web links

• Author's website