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Who is Douglas Kennedy?
Douglas Kennedy is an American novelist. some of his Novels include the international bestseller The Big Picture, The Pursuit of Happiness, Leaving the World, and The Moment. Douglas was born in New York in 1955. What he really does in his fiction is observational, looking at behavior by studying human history.
Douglas Career
Douglas together with his friend started a co-operative theater company in 1977 when he returned to Dublin. After that, he was hired to run the Abbey Theatre’s second house, The Peacock. In 1983 Douglas co-produced the Irish drama film Attracta starring Wendy Hiller. However, Douglas resigned at the age of 28 of years old to be able to write full-time.
After several radio play for the BBC and one stage play, Douglas decided to change direction and wrote his first book. The book was a narrative account of his travel in Egypt called Beyond the Pyramids, the book was published in1988. After that, his then-wife moved to London the same year, where Douglas expanded his writing work and he wrote for The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The listener, the New Statesman, and the British edition of Esquire and GQ.
Douglas’s latest novel, The Heat Betrayal was Published on 23rd, April 2015 by Random House of the UK. In France, it was published by Belford as Mirage on 7th May 2015 and in February 2015 with American Publication under the name The Blue Hour by Atria (a division of Simon and Schuster).In addition, Kennedy is the author of the three praised travel books.
More than 14 million copies of his books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into twenty-two languages. Moreover, Kennedy’s novels are often written in European landscapes and have been particularly loved in France; his novel, Five Days, published by Atria in April 2013 and by Belfond in October 2013, became the No.1 bestseller in France, the same as his previous novels, The Moment and Leaving the World. He received the French decoration Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2007.
In November 2009 Douglas received the first “Grand Prix du Figaro”, an award which was awarded by the newspaper Le Figaro. Kennedy divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin, Maine, and New York. Kennedy is an atheist. After being released in 2017 in France, “The Great Wide Open” was released in the US and in the UK in 2019. Kennedy’s latest novel, “Isabelle in the Afternoon”, was published by Penguin Random House in January 2020.
Non-Fiction
Beyond the Pyramid: Travel to Egypt published in 1988
In God’s Country: Travel in the Bible Belt published in 1989
Chasing Mammon: Travel in the Pursuit of Money published in 1992
Novels
The Dead Heart published in 1994
The Big Picture published in 1997
The Job published in 1998
The Pursuit of Happiness published in 2001
A special Relationship published in 2003
State of the Union published in 2005
Temptation published in 2006
The Woman in the Fifth published in 2007
Leaving the World published in 2010
The Moment published in 2011
Five Days published in 2013
The Heat of Betray published in 2015 also called The Blue Hour
The Pick-Up and Hit and Run published in 2016
La Symphonie du hasard published in 2017 also called
The Great Wide Open published in 2019
Isabella in the Afternoon published in 2020
Douglas Kennedy Age
He was born on January 1st, 1955 (age 66 years) in New York, United States.
Douglas Kennedy Family
Douglas has managed to keep his family life very private. However, his father was a Commodities broker and Production assistance at NBC.
Douglas Kennedy Education
Douglas was educated at The Collegiate School where he graduated with a BA. and Magna CCum Laude from Bowdoin College in 1976. H then joined Trinity College Dublin where he studied for one year.
Douglas Wife
Kennedy Got married in 1985, to Grace Patricia Carley.
Douglas Kennedy Children
The couple has been blessed with two children: Max Kennedy and Amelia Kennedy.
Douglas Kennedy Height
The 66-year height is not available at the moment.
Douglas Kennedy’s Net worth
Kennedy’s net worth is estimated to be around $1-$5million.
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