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Grant Blackwood
Born (1964-06-07) June 7, 1964 (age 59)
United States
OccupationNovelist, ghostwriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Website
grantblackwood.com

Grant Blackwood (born June 7, 1964) is an American thriller writer and ghostwriter from Austin, Minnesota. [1] [2] He wrote the Briggs Tanner series. He co-authored with Clive Cussler Spartan Gold [3] which reached number 10 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list. [4] Blackwood spent three years as an Operations Specialist and pilot rescue swimmer aboard a guided missile frigate and is a veteran of the United States Navy. [5]

Novels

Briggs Tanner series

  • The End of Enemies (2001)
  • The Wall of Night (2002)
  • An Echo of War (2003)

Fargo Adventures series (co-authored with Clive Cussler)

Jack Ryan, Jr. Series

Splinter Cell series (writing as "David Michaels")

EndWar series (writing as "David Michaels")

Tucker Wayne series (with James Rollins)

Short story

Awards

  • Finalist for the 2002 Minnesota Book Award in Popular Fiction for End of Enemies. [7]

References

  1. ^ Lynn Neary (August 4, 2009). "For Authors, Ghostwriting Offers Solvency, Stability". NPR. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Bothun, Jora (August 26, 2016). "Hometown author returns; Grant Blackwood gives seminar on writing". Austin Daily Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Mark Combes. "Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler, with Grant Blackwood". ThrillerWriters.org. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  4. ^ "Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers". New York Times. October 18, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "WRITE of SPRING III". Crimespree Magazine. March 26, 2005. Grant Blackwood is a U.S. Navy veteran, having spent three years on active duty aboard the guided missile frigate USS Ford as an operations specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer.
  6. ^ Rollins, James (April 7, 2015). War Hawk (Tucker Wayne #2). William Morrow. ISBN  9780062135278.
  7. ^ "Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners – 2002". The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Grant Blackwood
Born (1964-06-07) June 7, 1964 (age 59)
United States
OccupationNovelist, ghostwriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Website
grantblackwood.com

Grant Blackwood (born June 7, 1964) is an American thriller writer and ghostwriter from Austin, Minnesota. [1] [2] He wrote the Briggs Tanner series. He co-authored with Clive Cussler Spartan Gold [3] which reached number 10 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list. [4] Blackwood spent three years as an Operations Specialist and pilot rescue swimmer aboard a guided missile frigate and is a veteran of the United States Navy. [5]

Novels

Briggs Tanner series

  • The End of Enemies (2001)
  • The Wall of Night (2002)
  • An Echo of War (2003)

Fargo Adventures series (co-authored with Clive Cussler)

Jack Ryan, Jr. Series

Splinter Cell series (writing as "David Michaels")

EndWar series (writing as "David Michaels")

Tucker Wayne series (with James Rollins)

Short story

Awards

  • Finalist for the 2002 Minnesota Book Award in Popular Fiction for End of Enemies. [7]

References

  1. ^ Lynn Neary (August 4, 2009). "For Authors, Ghostwriting Offers Solvency, Stability". NPR. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Bothun, Jora (August 26, 2016). "Hometown author returns; Grant Blackwood gives seminar on writing". Austin Daily Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Mark Combes. "Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler, with Grant Blackwood". ThrillerWriters.org. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  4. ^ "Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers". New York Times. October 18, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "WRITE of SPRING III". Crimespree Magazine. March 26, 2005. Grant Blackwood is a U.S. Navy veteran, having spent three years on active duty aboard the guided missile frigate USS Ford as an operations specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer.
  6. ^ Rollins, James (April 7, 2015). War Hawk (Tucker Wayne #2). William Morrow. ISBN  9780062135278.
  7. ^ "Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners – 2002". The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

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