Andrew Grant

Before he became half of one of thriller fiction's more unusual family collaborations, Andrew Grant was fifteen years into a career in British telecommunications when he quit to write his first novel. Grant — the younger brother of Lee Child, whose real name is Jim Grant — introduced Royal Navy intelligence officer David Trevellyan in Even (2009), followed by two more Trevellyan thrillers, then created two further series characters under his own name: Birmingham, Alabama detective Cooper Devereaux and former Army intelligence officer Paul McGrath, alongside the standalone Run. Each series shares the terse, resourceful protagonist and tradecraft-heavy plotting that would make him a natural fit for his brother's signature creation. In 2020, Grant began co-writing Jack Reacher with Lee Child, publishing as Andrew Child starting with The Sentinel, and has progressively taken over lead writing duties on the series as his brother steps back — continuing the annual rhythm of new Reacher novels that has run since 1997. Readers who want Grant's own voice before Reacher should start with Even, his lean, propulsive debut; readers who came to him through Reacher will find the same instincts for plot and pacing across his standalone work. He met his wife, American novelist Tasha Alexander, at a mystery convention, and the two married and relocated to the United States, where he continues to write full-time.