Stephen Coonts

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Stephen Coonts (born July 19, 1946) is an American thriller and suspense novelist.

Coonts grew up in Buckhannon, West Virginia, a small coal-mining town [1] and earned an B.A. degree in political science at West Virginia University in 1968. He entered the Navy the following year and flew an A-6 Intruder medium attack plane during the Vietnam War, where he served on two combat cruises aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). He accumulated 1600 hours in the A-6 Intruder and earned a number of Navy commendations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war he served as a flight instructor on A-6 aircraft for two years, then did a tour as an assistant catapult and arresting gear officer aboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68). His navigator-bombardier was LTjg Stanley W. Bryant who later became a Rear Admiral and deputy commander-in-chief of the US naval forces in Europe.

After being honorably discharged from duty as a lieutenant in 1977, Coonts pursued a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at the University of Colorado, graduating in 1979. He then worked as an oil and gas lawyer for several companies, entertaining his writing interests in his free time.

He published short stories in a number of publications before writing Flight of the Intruder in 1986 (made into a movie in 1991). Intruder, based in part on his experiences as a bomber pilot, spent 28 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists in hardcover and launched his career as a novelist. From there he continued writing adventure-mysteries using the character from his first book, Jake Grafton. He has written several other series and stand-alone novels since then, but is most notable for the Grafton books.

Today Coonts continues to write, having had seventeen New York Times bestsellers (out of 20 books), and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and son.

Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Jake Grafton Series

Note: The list below represents Stephen Coonts' suggested reading order.[1]
  1. Flight of the Intruder (1986), ISBN 0870212001
  2. The Intruders (1994), ISBN 1591141281
  3. Final Flight (1986), ISBN 0385245556
  4. The Minotaur (1989), ISBN 0440207428
  5. Under Siege (1990), ISBN 0671722298
  6. The Red Horseman (1993), ISBN 0671748874
  7. Cuba (1999), ISBN 031220521X
  8. Hong Kong (2000), ISBN 0312253397
  9. America (2001), ISBN 0312253419
  10. Liberty (2003) , ISBN 031228361X
  11. The Assassin (2008), ISBN 9780312323578

[edit] Tommy Carmellini Series

Note: The list below represents Stephen Coonts' suggested reading order.[2]
  1. Liars and Thieves (2004), ISBN 0312283628
  2. The Traitor (2006), ISBN 031232359X
  3. The Assassin (2008), ISBN 9780752868691
  4. The Disciple (2009)
Note: Tommy Carmellini also appears in the Jake Grafton novels Cuba, Hong Kong, America, and Liberty

[edit] Saucer Series

  1. Saucer (2002)
  2. The Conquest (2004)

[edit] Deep Black Series

[edit] Deep Black Series with Jim DeFelice

  1. Deep Black (2003)
  2. Biowar (2004)
  3. Dark Zone (2004)
  4. Payback (2005)
  5. Jihad (2007)
  6. Conspiracy (2008)

[edit] Deep Black Series with William H. Keith

  1. Arctic Gold (2009)

[edit] Other Fiction

  • Fortunes of War (1998), ISBN 0312185839
  • The 17th Day (1999) =
  • Combat (2001) =
  • The Garden of Eden (2006) (writing as Eve Adams) =

[edit] Non-Fiction

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Reading Order of the Jake Grafton Series as Suggested by The Author". http://coonts.com/faq.htm#Jake%20Grafton%20books. 
  2. ^ "Reading Order of the Tommy Carmellini Series as Suggested by The Author". http://coonts.com/faq.htm#Jake%20Grafton%20books. 

[edit] External links

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