R.J. Ellory (Author of A Quiet Belief in Angels)

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R.J. Ellory

Born

in Birmingham, The United Kingdom

June 20, 1965

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Roger began his first novel on November 4th, 1987 and did not stop, except for three days when he was going through a divorce from his first wife, until July of 1993. During this time he completed twenty-two novels, most of them in longhand, and accumulated several hundred polite and complimentary rejection letters from many different and varied publishers.

He stopped writing out of sheer frustration and did not start again for eight years.

In the early part of September 2001 he decided to start writing again. This decision was based on the realization that it was the only thing he had ever really wanted to do.

Between August 2001 and January 2002 he wrote three books, the second of which was called 鈥楥andlemoth鈥�. This was purchased by Orion Roger began his first novel on November 4th, 1987 and did not stop, except for three days when he was going through a divorce from his first wife, until July of 1993. During this time he completed twenty-two novels, most of them in longhand, and accumulated several hundred polite and complimentary rejection letters from many different and varied publishers.

He stopped writing out of sheer frustration and did not start again for eight years.

In the early part of September 2001 he decided to start writing again. This decision was based on the realization that it was the only thing he had ever really wanted to do.

Between August 2001 and January 2002 he wrote three books, the second of which was called 鈥楥andlemoth鈥�. This was purchased by Orion and published in 2003. 鈥楥andlemoth鈥� was translated into German, Dutch and Italian, and has now also been purchased for translation in numerous other languages. The book also secured a nomination on the shortlist for the Crime Writers鈥� Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller 2003. His second book, 鈥楪hostheart鈥�, was released in 2004, and his third book, 鈥楢 Quiet Vendetta鈥�, was released in August 2005. In 2006 he published 鈥楥ity of Lies鈥�, and once again secured a nomination for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of that year. His fifth book 鈥� 鈥楢 Quiet Belief In Angels鈥� - was published in August 2006, and in the latter part of the year it was selected for the phenomenally successful British TV equivalent of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club, the Richard and Judy Book Club.

鈥楢 Quiet Belief In Angels鈥� went on to be shortlisted for the Barry Award for Best British Crime Fiction, the 813 Trophy, the Quebec Booksellers鈥� Prize, The Europeen Du Point Crime Fiction Prize, and was winner of the Inaugural Prix Roman Noir Nouvel Observateur. It has since been voted Best Thriller of 2009 in The Strand Magazine. The book was also optioned for film, and Roger has recently completed the screenplay for Oscar-winning French director, Olivier Dahan.

Following on from 鈥楢 Quiet Belief In Angels鈥�, Roger released 鈥楢 Simple Act of Violence鈥�, again securing a nomination for Best British Crime Fiction of 2008. In late 2009 he released 鈥楾he Anniversary Man鈥� to rave reviews.
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	A Quiet Belief in Angels 3.85 avg rating — 6,884 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Simple Act Of Violence 3.75 avg rating — 1,944 ratings — published 2008 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anniversary Man 3.89 avg rating — 1,831 ratings — published 2009 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Love, I would later conclude, was all things to all people. Love was the breaking and healing of hearts. Love was misunderstood, love was faith, love was the promise of now that became hope for the future. Love was a rhythm, a resonance, a reverberation. Love was awkward and foolish, it was aggressive and simple and possessed of so many indefinable qualities it could never be conveyed in language. Love was being. The same gravity that relentlessly pulled at me was defied as I rose into something that became everything.”
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“Let the past be what it was, the present what it is, the future the best it can be.”
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“Loneliness is a drug, a narcotic; it grows through veins, through nerves and muscles; it assumes some right of possession over your body and mind; it feeds itself, and creates its own requirement. Loneliness and solitude are walls.”
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The Return of Captain John Emmett/Elizabeth Speller

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Quiet Ops/Bob Burton

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