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Steve Berry (born 1955) is an American author and former attorney currently living in St. Augustine, Florida. He is a graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law. He was a trial lawyer for 30 years and held elective office for 14 of those years. He is a founding member of International Thriller Writers—a group of more than 4,200 thriller writers from around the world—and served three years as its co-president.
Work
Berry first appeared in print with his historical thrillers The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy in 2003 and 2004. A practicing attorney at the time, Berry had been writing fiction since 1990, and it took him 12 years and 85 rejections before selling a manuscript to Ballantine Books. Berry credits the nuns who taught him in Catholic school with instilling the discipline needed both to craft a novel and to find a publisher.
Berry's novels have earned spots on The New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and BookSense bestseller lists. He has more than 22 million books in print, which have been translated into 40 languages and sold in 51 countries.
Berry is among several thriller writers who reside in the northeast Florida area.
Awards
In 2012 and 2013, Berry's historic preservation work was recognized by the American Library Association, which named him spokesperson for National Preservation Week. Among his other honors is the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award; the 2013 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award given by Poets & Writers; the 2013 Anne Frank Human Writes Award; and the Silver Bullet, bestowed in 2013 by International Thriller Writers for philanthropic work. He was also appointed by the Smithsonian Board of Regents to serve on the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board to help promote and support libraries in their mission to provide information in all forms to scientists, curators, scholars, students, and the public at large. A 2010 NPR survey named The Templar Legacy one of the top 100 thrillers ever written.
Bibliography
Standalone novels
The Amber Room, Ballantine Books (August 26, 2003). ISBN 0-345-46004-9
The Romanov Prophecy, Ballantine Books (August 31, 2004). ISBN 0-345-46006-5
The Third Secret, Ballantine Books (May 17, 2005). ISBN 0-345-47613-1
The Columbus Affair, (May 15, 2012). ISBN 978-0-345-52652-6
The Omega Factor (2022)
Cotton Malone novels
The Templar Legacy, Ballantine Books (February 21, 2006). ISBN 0-345-47615-8
The Alexandria Link, Ballantine Books (January 30, 2007). ISBN 0-345-48575-0
The Venetian Betrayal, Ballantine Books (December 11, 2007). ISBN 0-345-48577-7
The Charlemagne Pursuit, Ballantine Books (December 2, 2008). ISBN 0-345-48579-3
The Paris Vendetta, Ballantine Books (December 1, 2009). ISBN 0-345-50547-6
The Emperor's Tomb, Ballantine Books (November 23, 2010). ISBN 0-345-50549-2
The Jefferson Key, Ballantine Books (May 17, 2011). ISBN 0-345-50551-4
The King's Deception, Ballantine Books (June 11, 2013). ISBN 978-0345526540
The Lincoln Myth, Ballantine Books (May 20, 2014). ISBN 978-0345526571
The Patriot Threat, Macmillan Books (March 31, 2015). ISBN 978-1250056238
The 14th Colony, Minotaur Books (April 5, 2016). ISBN 978-1250056245
The Lost Order, Minotaur Books (April 4, 2017). ISBN 978-1-250-05625-2
The Bishop's Pawn, Minotaur Books (March 2018). ISBN 978-1250140227
The Malta Exchange, Minotaur Books (Forthcoming, March 2019). ISBN 978-1250140265
The Warsaw Protocol (2020)
The Kaiser's Web (2021)
The Last Kingdom (2023)
Short stories
Berry has released four short stories in eBook-only form featuring side characters from the Cotton Malone novels. These stories act somewhat as prequels to The Emperor's Tomb, The Jefferson Key, The Columbus Affair, and The King's Deception, respectively. The first three are available in Three Tales from the World of Cotton Malone: The Balkan Escape, The Devil's Gold, and The Admiral's Mark (Short Stories). Each short story is also included in the paperback edition of the book it precedes.
The Balkan Escape, Ballantine Books (September 13, 2010). ASIN: B003MQMZ2K (featuring Cassiopeia Vitt)
The Devil's Gold, Ballantine Books (April 18, 2011). ASIN: B004U33GCW (featuring Jonathan Wyatt)
The Admiral's Mark, Ballantine Books (April 2, 2012). ASIN: B007EED534
The Tudor Plot, Ballantine Books (April 29, 2013). ASIN: B00C4BA3V4
The Devil's Bones (with James Rollins), Simon & Schuster (December 16, 2014). ISBN 978-1-4767-8878-4 (featuring Gray Pierce from Rollins's Sigma Force series)
Shadow Tag (With Raymond Khoury), Amazon Digital Services LLC (January 1, 2016). (featuring Khoury's FBI Agent, Sean Reilly, along with Cotton Malone)
Collections
The Cotton Malone Series, 9 Book Bundle, Ballantine Books (February 17, 2015). ISBN 978-0-812-98785-0
Three Tales from the World of Cotton Malone: The Balkan Escape, The Devil's Gold, and The Admiral's Mark (Short Stories), Ballantine Books (December 3, 2012). ISBN 978-0-345-54451-3
Work
Berry first appeared in print with his historical thrillers The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy in 2003 and 2004. A practicing attorney at the time, Berry had been writing fiction since 1990, and it took him 12 years and 85 rejections before selling a manuscript to Ballantine Books. Berry credits the nuns who taught him in Catholic school with instilling the discipline needed both to craft a novel and to find a publisher.
Berry's novels have earned spots on The New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and BookSense bestseller lists. He has more than 22 million books in print, which have been translated into 40 languages and sold in 51 countries.
Berry is among several thriller writers who reside in the northeast Florida area.
Awards
In 2012 and 2013, Berry's historic preservation work was recognized by the American Library Association, which named him spokesperson for National Preservation Week. Among his other honors is the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award; the 2013 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award given by Poets & Writers; the 2013 Anne Frank Human Writes Award; and the Silver Bullet, bestowed in 2013 by International Thriller Writers for philanthropic work. He was also appointed by the Smithsonian Board of Regents to serve on the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board to help promote and support libraries in their mission to provide information in all forms to scientists, curators, scholars, students, and the public at large. A 2010 NPR survey named The Templar Legacy one of the top 100 thrillers ever written.
Bibliography
Standalone novels
The Amber Room, Ballantine Books (August 26, 2003). ISBN 0-345-46004-9
The Romanov Prophecy, Ballantine Books (August 31, 2004). ISBN 0-345-46006-5
The Third Secret, Ballantine Books (May 17, 2005). ISBN 0-345-47613-1
The Columbus Affair, (May 15, 2012). ISBN 978-0-345-52652-6
The Omega Factor (2022)
Cotton Malone novels
The Templar Legacy, Ballantine Books (February 21, 2006). ISBN 0-345-47615-8
The Alexandria Link, Ballantine Books (January 30, 2007). ISBN 0-345-48575-0
The Venetian Betrayal, Ballantine Books (December 11, 2007). ISBN 0-345-48577-7
The Charlemagne Pursuit, Ballantine Books (December 2, 2008). ISBN 0-345-48579-3
The Paris Vendetta, Ballantine Books (December 1, 2009). ISBN 0-345-50547-6
The Emperor's Tomb, Ballantine Books (November 23, 2010). ISBN 0-345-50549-2
The Jefferson Key, Ballantine Books (May 17, 2011). ISBN 0-345-50551-4
The King's Deception, Ballantine Books (June 11, 2013). ISBN 978-0345526540
The Lincoln Myth, Ballantine Books (May 20, 2014). ISBN 978-0345526571
The Patriot Threat, Macmillan Books (March 31, 2015). ISBN 978-1250056238
The 14th Colony, Minotaur Books (April 5, 2016). ISBN 978-1250056245
The Lost Order, Minotaur Books (April 4, 2017). ISBN 978-1-250-05625-2
The Bishop's Pawn, Minotaur Books (March 2018). ISBN 978-1250140227
The Malta Exchange, Minotaur Books (Forthcoming, March 2019). ISBN 978-1250140265
The Warsaw Protocol (2020)
The Kaiser's Web (2021)
The Last Kingdom (2023)
Short stories
Berry has released four short stories in eBook-only form featuring side characters from the Cotton Malone novels. These stories act somewhat as prequels to The Emperor's Tomb, The Jefferson Key, The Columbus Affair, and The King's Deception, respectively. The first three are available in Three Tales from the World of Cotton Malone: The Balkan Escape, The Devil's Gold, and The Admiral's Mark (Short Stories). Each short story is also included in the paperback edition of the book it precedes.
The Balkan Escape, Ballantine Books (September 13, 2010). ASIN: B003MQMZ2K (featuring Cassiopeia Vitt)
The Devil's Gold, Ballantine Books (April 18, 2011). ASIN: B004U33GCW (featuring Jonathan Wyatt)
The Admiral's Mark, Ballantine Books (April 2, 2012). ASIN: B007EED534
The Tudor Plot, Ballantine Books (April 29, 2013). ASIN: B00C4BA3V4
The Devil's Bones (with James Rollins), Simon & Schuster (December 16, 2014). ISBN 978-1-4767-8878-4 (featuring Gray Pierce from Rollins's Sigma Force series)
Shadow Tag (With Raymond Khoury), Amazon Digital Services LLC (January 1, 2016). (featuring Khoury's FBI Agent, Sean Reilly, along with Cotton Malone)
Collections
The Cotton Malone Series, 9 Book Bundle, Ballantine Books (February 17, 2015). ISBN 978-0-812-98785-0
Three Tales from the World of Cotton Malone: The Balkan Escape, The Devil's Gold, and The Admiral's Mark (Short Stories), Ballantine Books (December 3, 2012). ISBN 978-0-345-54451-3
3Andrew-theQM
Thanks Eadie 😁
4EadieB
>2 EadieB: You're welcome!
6EadieB
>5 Carol420: you're welcome!
7Olivermagnus
>2 EadieB: Very informative. Thanks!
8EadieB
>7 Olivermagnus: You’re welcome!
9Sergeirocks
>2 EadieB: Always interesting to see the journey an author makes to get into print. This man obviously had staying power. 12 years, 85 rejections - kudos.
Thanks, Eadie, ☺️.
Thanks, Eadie, ☺️.
10EadieB
>9 Sergeirocks: I couldn’t believe that he had so many rejections! He’s such a good writer too!
12EadieB
>11 bluebird_: You’re welcome!
13Sergeirocks
>10 EadieB: I think I’d have lost heart long before then, and taken a huge battering to my self-esteem, 😥.
14Andrew-theQM
>10 EadieB: It definitely seems surprising.
15Maura49
Again, many thanks. some biographical info helps a lot when you are starting from scratch like me.
16EadieB
>15 Maura49: You’re welcome!
17Andrew-theQM
>15 Maura49: It’s actually a good one to start with as it’s his first mission.
19threadnsong
Adding my thanks to >2 EadieB: for all this recap. And I was particularly intrigued by his historic preservation work; reading the first section with so much detail about Fort Jefferson fits in nicely.
20threadnsong
>17 Andrew-theQM: And yes - when I read the order of the books, I realized we were near the beginning of this character's journey. I had not realized until this thread that this is his first mission.
