VJ Books Presents Author Stuart Woods!
Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia and attended the local public schools, then graduated from the University of Georgia, with a BA in sociology. He is the author of more than sixty novels.
At the end of the sixties, he moved to London and worked there for three years in various advertising agencies. In early 1973, he decided that the time had come for him to write the novel he had been thinking about since the age of ten. He moved to Ireland, where some friends found him a small flat in the stable-yard of a castle in south County Galway, and he supported himself by working two days a week for a Dublin ad agency, while he worked on the novel. Then, about a hundred pages into the book, he discovered sailing. He spent eighteen months learning more about sailing and celestial navigation while his new 30-foot yacht, a Ron Holland design called Golden Harp, was being built at a yard in Cork. The race began at Plymouth England in June of '76. He completed his passage to Newport, Rhode Island in forty-five days, finishing in the middle of the fleet, which was not bad since his boat was one of the smallest.
The next couple of years were spent in Georgia, writing two non-fiction books: BLUE WATER, GREEN SKIPPER was an account of his Irish experience and the transatlantic race, and A ROMANTIC'S GUIDE TO THE COUNTRY INNS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, which was a travel book, done on a whim. He also did some more sailing.
CHIEFS established Woods as a novelist. The book won the Edgar Allan Poe prize from the Mystery Writers of America, and he was later nominated again for Palindrome. He has also been awarded France's Grand Prix de LittŽrature Policire for Imperfect Strangers. He has since been prolific, having published more than sixty novels.
After publishing fifteen novels before appearing on the New York Times best seller list, he has since had more than fifty best sellers.
Woods also co-authors the Teddy Fay series and Herbie Fisher series with Parnell Hall.
Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico.
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Stuart Woods Bibliography
Will Lee Novels
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Chiefs - 1981
- Run Before the Wind - 1983
- Deep Lie - 1986
- Grass Roots - 1989
- The Run - 2000
- Capital Crimes - 2003
- Mounting Fears - 2009
Stone Barrington Novels
- New York Dead - 1991
- Dirt - 1996
- Dead in the Water - 1997
- Swimming to Catalina - 1998
- Worst Fears Realized - 1999
- L.A. Dead - 2000
- Cold Paradise - 2001
- The Short Forever - 2002
- Dirty Work - 2003
- Reckless Abandon - 2004
- Two Dollar Bill - 2005
- Dark Harbor - 2006
- Fresh Disasters - 2007
- Shoot Him If He Runs - 2007
- Hot Mahogany - 2008
- Loitering With Intent - 2009
- Kisser - 2010
- Lucid Intervals - 2010
- Strategic Moves - 2011
- Bel-Air Dead - 2011
- Son of Stone - 2011
- D.C. Dead - 2011
- Unnatural Acts - 2012
- Severe Clear - 2012
- Collateral Damage - 2013
- Unintended Consequences - 2013
- Doing Hard Time - 2013
- Standup Guy - 2014
- Carnal Curiosity - 2014
- Cut and Thrust - 2014
- Paris Match - 2014
- Insatiable Appetites - 2015
- Hot Pursuit - 2015
- Naked Greed - 2015
- Foreign Affairs - 2015
- Scandalous Behavior - 2016
- Family Jewels - 2016
- Dishonorable Intentions - 20166
- Sex, Lies, and Serious Money - 2016
- Below the Belt - January 2017
- Fast & Loose - April 2017
- Indecent Exposure - June 2017
- Quick & Dirty - October 2017
Herbie Fisher Series
- Barely Legal - August 2017
Teddy Fay Series (with Parnell Hall)
- Smooth Operator - 2016
Holly Barker Novels
- Orchid Beach - 1998
- Orchid Blues - 2001
- Blood Orchid - 2002
- Iron Orchid - 2005
- Hothouse Orchid - 2009
Ed Eagle Novels
- Santa Fe Rules - 1992
- Short Straw - 2006
- Santa Fe Dead - 2008
- Santa Fe Edge - 2010
Herbie Fisher Novels (with Parnell Hall)
- Barely Legal - August 2017
Rick Barron Novels
- The Prince of Beverly Hills - 2004
- Beverly Hills Dead - 2008
Stand-Alone Fiction
- Under the Lake - 1987
- White Cargo - 1988
- Palindrome - 1991
- L.A. Times - 1993
- Dead Eyes - 1994
- Heat - 1994
- Imperfect Strangers - 1995
- Choke - 1995
Stand-Alone Non-Fiction
- Blue Water, Green Skipper - 1977
- A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland - 1979
- Blue Water, Green Skipper - 2012
Stuart Woods Awards
- Edgar Allan Poe Award "Best First Novel"
- Imperfect Strangers - awarded the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
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