Lee Child - in Conversation

Lee Child is one of the world's leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in England's Lake District.
It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. Killing Floor, published in March 1997, was the first in the series. It won mystery writers' Award for Best First Novel. Since then there have been 30 more Reacher novels and his books consistently achieve the number one slot on bestseller lists around the world, selling over one hundred million copies to date.
Lee is the recipient of many awards including Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Interviewed by Cheryl Taylor