T. Jefferson Parker

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T. Jefferson Parker (2008)

T. Jefferson Parker (* 1953 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American journalist and detective writer (the "T" in his name is irrelevant, it was added by his parents for visual reasons).

Life

Parker grew up in Orange County , Southern California, where he attended a state school before studying English at the University of California at Irvine, California . In 1976 he completed his university studies with a bachelor's degree .

At The Newport Ensign , a weekly newspaper from Newport Beach , whose publication was discontinued in 1989, he began 1978 as a junior reporter and was mainly used for police coverage. His move to the Daily Pilot earned him three Orange County Press Club Awards , an award for excellent press coverage.

Parker began collecting material for his first novel while still working as a journalist and wrote in his spare time. With Laguna Heat ( Eng . Fire killer ) he published his first, immediately successful novel in 1985, which was made into a film by Simon Langton in 1987 (Eng. Title: Laguna burns) . Parker was inducted into the ranks of eminent alumni at the University of California in 1992.

Works

Merci Rayborn series

Charlie Hood series

  • 2008 LA Outlaws
  • 2009 The Renegades
  • 2010 Iron River
  • 2011 The Border Lords
  • 2012 The Jaguar
  • 2013 The Famous and the Dead

Roland Ford series

  • 2017 The Room of the White Fire
  • 2018 Swift Vengeance
  • 2019 The Last Good Guy

Individual works

  • 1985 Laguna Heat ( Ger . Feuerkiller . Goldmann, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-442-08791-0 )
  • 1988 Little Saigon (German: The Seed of the Dragon . Goldmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-442-32515-3 )
  • 1991 Pacific Beat (German death roses . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-426-60034-X )
  • 1993 Summer of Fear (German summer of fear . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-426-67045-3 )
  • 1996 The Triggerman's Dance (German Weinstein's Mission . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-426-60643-7 )
  • 1998 Where Serpents Lie
  • 2001 Silent Joe (Ger. The silent man . Ullstein, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-548-25410-1 )
  • 2003 Cold Pursuit (Ger. Die kalte Gier . Ullstein, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-548-25952-9 )
  • 2004 California Girl
  • 2006 The Fallen
  • 2007 Storm Runners
  • 2014 full measure
  • 2016 Crazy Blood

Awards

From The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Parker was honored in a special way: They named their annual literary award in the category Mystery / Thriller with T. Jefferson Parker Book Award , honoring his contributions to the genre as a California writer whose plots in California are located.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Parker himself describes this seal in an interview with Harlan Coben as follows: True story: my mother told me that she and dad put the T. there because it would look good on the president's door. But they got a mystery writer instead of a statesman. read here (English)
  2. ↑ cf. Los Angeles Times, June 3, 1989 (accessed August 19, 2011)
  3. ↑ cf. California newspaper for Costa Mesa and Newport Beach
  4. ↑ cf. Laguna is on fire in the IMDb
  5. ↑ Interview on the novel by Jane Davis (English)
  6. ↑ Audio interview on the novel from The Kacey Kowars Show (English)
personal data
SURNAME Parker, T. Jefferson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parker, Jefferson; Parker, TJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and detective writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California