Author

Nelson DeMille

19 books, mostly suspense, for Grand Central Publishing and Little, Brown Audio, 1999–2025

Nelson DeMille (1943–2024) was an American novelist best known for bestselling crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense fiction. After serving as a decorated U.S. Army officer in Vietnam, he began writing detective novels in the 1970s, sometimes under pseudonyms, and published his first major novel, By the Rivers of Babylon, in 1978. He wrote 24 novels, including Plum Island, The General's Daughter, The Gold Coast, Spencerville, and The Lion's Game; seven became number-one New York Times bestsellers.