李查德(LEE CHILD)

1954年生於英國。上高中時，獲得獎學金成為《魔戒》作者托爾金的學弟。之後他曾就讀法學院、在戲院打工，最後進入電視台，展開長達18年的電視人生涯，製作過許多叫好叫座的節目。

40歲那年，李查德在一夕之間失業了，但就像他筆下智勇雙全的傑克．李奇總能化險為夷一樣，他將這個中年危機化為最有利的轉機。酷愛閱讀的他花了6塊美金買了紙筆，寫下「浪人神探」傑克．李奇系列的第一集《地獄藍調》，結果一出版就登上英國週日泰晤士報的暢銷排行榜，在美國更贏得推理小說最高殊榮之一的「安東尼獎」以及「巴瑞獎」最佳處女作，並獲得「麥卡維帝獎」和「黛莉絲獎」的提名。而次年出版的第二集《至死方休》亦榮獲「W.H.史密斯好讀獎」。此後他以一年一本的速度推出續集，每出版必定征服大西洋兩岸各大暢銷排行榜，更風靡了全球43國的讀者。

2004年，李奇系列的第8集《雙面敵人》再次贏得「巴瑞獎」最佳小說，並榮獲在古典推理界具有舉足輕重地位的「尼洛．伍爾夫獎」最佳小說，也讓李查德的天王地位更加不可動搖！第9集《完美嫌犯》和第18集《永不回頭》則分別被改編拍成電影《神隱任務》正續集，由動作巨星湯姆‧克魯斯飾演傑克‧李奇，備受好評，正如同故事大師史蒂芬‧金的讚譽：「所有關於傑克．李奇的冒險故事都棒呆了！」

李查德目前長居美國，在紐約曼哈頓與法國南部都有居所。他已婚，並有一個成年的女兒。

Featuring Jack Reacher, hero of the new blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly-set, freshly-busted nose, patched with silver duct tape - it isn't easy to hitch a ride. But Reacher has some unfinished business in Virginia, so he doesn't quit. And at last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. But within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and then they run into a police roadblock on the highway. There has been an incident, and the cops are looking for the bad guys ...Will they get through because the three are innocent?Or because the three are now four? Is Reacher just a decoy? With his signature Swiss-watch plotting and heart-thumping suspense, A Wanted Man shows Lee Child at his sublimely skilful best. 'He could take out Bond, Dirty Harry, Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt with both hands tied behind his back,. And then sleep with their girlfriends two at a time before getting the last bus out of town' Sun