Lee Child is the pen name of Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry, England in 1954. He attended law school at Sheffield University, worked in the theater, and finally worked as a presentation director for Granada Television. After being laid off in 1995 as a result of corporate restructuring, he decided to write a book. The Killing Floor won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and became the first book in the Jack Reacher series. In 2012 the first motion picture feature of Jack Reacher was released staring Tom Cruise.International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW)was founded in 2004 and is the largest group of thriller writers in the world, representing over two billion books in print, with… over one hundredNew York Timesbestselling authors on its roster. ITW is an innovator in creating unusual marketing opportunities to promote its author’s books and expand the reach of the genre. Founded by Gayle Lynds and David Morrell, the board of directors has included such luminaries as Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, James Rollins, Jon Land, Carla Neggers, MJ Rose, Douglas Preston, and David Dun. ITW’s first anthology, the bestsellingThriller, edited by James Patterson, has sold over 150,000 copies.Contributors Include:Jeffery Deaver Linda Barnes Brett Battles Lee Child David Corbett Joseph Finder Jim Fusilli John Gilstrap James Grady David Hewson David Liss Gayle Lynds John Ramsey Miller P.J. Parrish Ralph Pezzullo MJ Rose S.J. Rozan Lisa Scottoline Jenny Siler Erica Spindler Peter Spiegelman