Geoffrey Archer (writer)
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Geoffrey Archer (born 1944) is a British writer of fiction from London. He specialises in military adventures and spy thrillers and created the character Sam Packer.
Career
[edit]Geoffrey Archer was born and grew up in north London and had an interest in fiction and drama from an early age.[1] He attended Highgate School.[2]
After several false starts in his choice of career, Geoffrey Archer moved into journalism. He started with a local television station in Southampton as a trainee researcher, then moved first to Anglia TV in Norwich and then to Tyne-Tees TV in Newcastle as an on-screen journalist. He started as a reporter with ITN in 1969. He covered the troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and the civil war in Beirut in 1976, was allowed to travel with a Polaris nuclear submarine, and eventually became Defence Correspondent for ITN. These experiences prompted him to begin writing stories with military and spy themes.[citation needed]
In 1995 Archer left ITN to concentrate on writing full-time. In 1998 his novel Fire Hawk was short-listed for the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Geoffrey Archer lives on Kew Green in Kew, London. He and his wife Eva have two children.[3]
Books
[edit]- 1988 – Sky Dancer
- 1989 – Shadow Hunter
- 1993 – Eagle Trap
- 1995 – Scorpion Trail
- 1997 – Java Spider
- 1998 – Fire Hawk
- 2001 – The Lucifer Network
- 2002 – The Burma Legacy
- 2004 – Dark Angel
References
[edit]- ^ Archer, Geoffrey " Biography" Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. The website of novelist Geoffrey Archer. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Hughes, Patrick. Highgate School Register 1833-1988 (7th ed.). p. 321.
- ^ Brockes, Emma (23 July 2001). "Archer: the interview". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Brockes, Emma (23 July 2001). "Archer: the interview". The Guardian .
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