VJ Books presents R.J. Ellory!

Roger Jon Ellory was born in Birmingham, England, June 20th 1965.

 

Between August 2001 and January 2002 he wrote three books, the second of which was called ‘Candlemoth’. This was purchased by Orion and published in 2003. How and why it was published is another story entirely, which if you ever go to one of Roger events he will tell you! ‘Candlemoth’ 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’ Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller 2003.

 

Roger’s second book, ‘Ghostheart’, was released in 2004, and his third book, ‘A Quiet Vendetta’, was released in August 2005.  (‘A Quiet Vendetta’ went on to win the Quebec Laureat 2010 and the Villeneuve Prix Des Lecteurs 2010 in its French translation.) 

 

In 2006 he published ‘City of Lies’, and once again secured a nomination for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of that year. ‘City of Lies’ was also translated into Bulgarian and made available in Large Print.

 

His fifth book – ‘A Quiet Belief In Angels’ - 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.

‘A Quiet Belief In Angels’ went on to be shortlisted for the Barry Award for Best British Crime Fiction, the 813 Trophy, the Quebec Booksellers’ Prize, The Europeen Du Point Crime Fiction Prize, and was winner of the Inaugural Prix Roman Noir Nouvel Observateur, The Strand Magazine Best Thriller of the Year, the Livre De Poche Award 2010, and the US Indie Excellence Award for Best Mystery.

 
Following on from ‘A Quiet Belief In Angels’, Roger released ‘A Simple Act of Violence’, again securing a Barry Award nomination for Best British Crime Fiction of 2008.  ‘A Simple Act of Violence’ went on to win the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year Award.

 

In late 2009 he released ‘The Anniversary Man’, and then ‘Saints of New York’ in early 2010. In 2011, Ellory released two more novels, 'Bad Signs' and 'A Simple Act of Violence'.