News about Lee Child

Thriller writer Lee Child is best known for his Jack Reacher novels which have sold more than 100 million copies globally. The books have been ­adapted for cinema, with Tom Cruise in the title role, and turned into a hit Amazon Prime TV series starring Alan Ritchson. Coventry-born father-of-one Lee, 69, and his American wife Jane divide their time between their ­Wyoming ranch and New York townhouse.

While former 007 Connery, wearing an oversized nappy and long flowing hairpiece, was indeed a strange sight, the casting of 5ft 7in tall Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher in two films raised more than a few eyebrows as, in the Reacher books written by Lee Child, the character is a powerfully built 6ft 5in. Academy Award-winning actress Joan Crawford played an unlikely anthropologist who favoured brightly hued outfits and attempted to communicate with a prehistoric caveman found living beneath the British countryside in Trog (1970).

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King Charles told an aide to 'come and help her' as his wife Queen Camilla was struggling to put a coat on while battling wind and rain in Jersey, a lip reader has revealed. The monarch, 75, told his wife to 'move your arm through the back,' while she struggled to get the brown trench on as the royal couple watched a military parade in St Helier on Monday.  Footage shows the king looking frustrated as Camilla looks to put the jacket on, before turning to snap at an aide. After popping up a perspex umbrella, the Queen struggled to get her arm through her coat. Charles, who was also holding an umbrella, then attempted to help with wife out - before a turning to an aide to ask for help.

Queen Camilla struggled to get her coat on as she battled wind and rain while undergoing engagements in Jersey on Monday - before a concerned King Charles asked at an aide help her out. The royal, who will turn 77 tomorrow, was meeting members of the public in St Helier as part of a two-day visit to the Channel Islands with her husband King Charles. At one point the royal couple fankbraved the rain and strong winds as they watched a military parade. But after popping up a perspex umbrella, the Queen struggled to get her arm through her coat.

The 'security scare' turned out to be a false alarm and King Charles and Queen Camilla soon continued with their programme of engagements. The couple were on Weighbridge Place in St Helier looking around an exhibition individually when members of their security team rushed over to each of them and told them the visit was being cut short. They were immediately taken to the nearby Pomme d'Or hotel where they were due to go for a brief break after the engagement had ended anyway. After a few minutes they resumed with their visit and undertook a public walkabout.

The Queen, who celebrates her 77th birthday on Wednesday, made a lightning-fast wardrobe change at a welcoming ceremony in St Helier this afternoon. Camilla arrived in Jersey alongside King Charles while weating a turquoise dress complete with a trench coat as she braved the rain (left). However, as she stood to attention ahead of the welcoming ceremony at the Royal Square, she very quickly shrugged off the coat in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it change which left King Charles giggling.

The military procession for today's Trooping the Colour went off without a hitch despite the torrential rain and blustery winds threatening to spoil the event. More than 1,250 soldiers, and hundreds of Guardsmen braved the wet weather as they lined up on the parade ground waiting to be inspected by King Charles from his carriage with Queen Camilla. The members of the Irish Guards, the colour, or regimental flag, that was trooped today to mark Charles' 75th birthday Around 8,000 spouses, girlfriends and parents of the guardsmen and officers on parade were in the crowds as they procession got underway at 10am today.

Royal fans packed The Mall to show their support for the King after a turbulent year where both he and the Princess of Wales have been forced to step back after being diagnosed with cancer . Now, in a moment that has thrilled the nation, both will be attending Trooping the Colour today in a vibrant celebration of Charles' official birthday in a joyful return to the public eye. The monarch, 75, will break tradition as attends the ceremony in a carriage rather than on horseback in his latest high-profile appearance.

The King is 'doing fine' but 'won't slow down and won't do what he's told', Camilla revealed on Saturday to author Lee Child at the Queen's Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace. The Jack Reacher writer, 69, wryly added: 'Sounds to me like a typical husband.' Charles recently returned to public-facing duties while still receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer and made his first public speech on Wednesday at a special event to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Speaking to Hello!, Turkish-British author Elif Shafak (right) praised book-lover Queen Camilla (left) for 'supporting poets and writers' ahead of the launch of this year's Queen's Reading Room Festival on June 8. Award-winning Shafak, whose 2021 novel The Island of Missing Trees was shortlisted for the Costa Award and Women's Prize for Fiction (amongst others), will be discussing her new book There are Rivers in the Sky at the June festival.

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The four-bed, three-bath home in Manhattan is just a short walk from Central Park and boasts more than 70 feet of frontage onto the highly coveted outdoor space. It was constructed in 1906 and is located in one of the city's most prominent buildings, with a homeowners' association fee of over $8,500 per month. A full-time doorman, an elegant yet understated lobby, garage, bike room, shared laundry room, a shared laundry room, and a new gym are all expected to open in December 2023.

Lee Child, the celebrated author of the Jack Reacher thriller series, has revealed his luxurious home in the Wyoming town he bought with his brother Andrew. Child, 68, who has also known as James Dover Grant, hails from Coventry and Birmingham, but has lived in the United States since moving there in 1998. After having such awes with his writing Child and his brother, the entire town of Tie Siding in Wyoming was sold.

Lee Child (pictured right, next to his brother Andrew) published the first Jack Reacher book, Killing Floor (right), in 1997 and wrote a further 23 titles in the series. His literary creation is a six-foot-five, 115 kilogram ex-US-military policeman with fists "like Thanksgiving turkeys" and "a body like a condom crammed with walnuts."

Author Andrew Child, Lee Child's brother, is currently reading Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll. Small Pig, by Arnold Lobel, was the first to teach him the reading bug. When he was "quite small," he discovered it at his local library, and now it is one of his 'favourite books.'

Lee Child, the best-selling author of the Jack Reacher series, has written about growing up in Birmingham's Underwood Road neighborhood. He related of sharing a room with his brother Richard and discovering thick ice on the inside of the windows.

The cast had reunited for a table read after the first series' debut in April, based on Alice Oseman's graphic novels. Both Heartstopper and Netflix's social media pages took to Instagram on Thursday to announce that the show was back in production with a sweet video.