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Douglas Kennedy was born in Manhattan in 1955. His father was a commodities broker and his mother worked at NBC. He was educated at The Collegiate School and graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1976. He also spent a year studying at Trinity College Dublin.

"I was a history major," Kennedy explained. "Retrospectively, I think the history major provides much better training for a novelist. So much of what I do in my own fiction is observational, is looking at behavior. By studying human history you really see how human folly endlessly repeats itself. In my work...in whatever form it takes...I am very much grappling with what it means to be American in this way."

In 1977, he returned to Dublin and started a co-operative theatre company with a friend. This led him to being hired to run the Abbey Theatre's second house, The Peacock. At the age of 28, he resigned from The Peacock to write full time. After several radio plays for the BBC and one stage play - Send Lawyers, Guns and Money, premiered at the Peacock in 1986 - he decided to switch direction and wrote a narrative travel book, Beyond the Pyramids.

This appeared in 1988, the same year that he and his ex wife moved to London. Two more non-fiction titles and a novel, The Dead Heart, followed. Then, in 1997, The Big Picture was published to international acclaim. His subsequent novels include The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship,State of the Union. The Woman in the Fifth and Leaving The World. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages. In April 2007, he was awarded the French decoration, the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In November of 2009 he received the first 'Grand Prix du Figaro', awarded by the newspaper 'Le Figaro'. He has two children, Max and Amelia. He divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin and Maine.

His novel The Dead Heart was the basis of the 1997 film Welcome to Woop Woop. A French film version of his novel, The Big Picture, will be released in 2010, starring Romain Duris and Catherine Deneuve, under the title: L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre Sa Vie. Already published to huge acclaim in Europe - where it was a number one bestseller in France earlier this year - "Leaving the World" will be published in the United States by Atria (a division of Simon and Schuster) in June 2010.

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Total Books: 148
American Square Dancing
American Square Dancing (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780854180646
ISBN-10: 0854180648
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Aus der Welt
Aus Der Welt (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783453290464
ISBN-10: 3453290461
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Beyond the Pyramids
Beyond the Pyramids (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780049100862
ISBN-10: 0049100866
Genres: History, Reference, Travel
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Beyond the Pyramids Travels in Egypt
Beyond the Pyramids Travels in Egypt (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780044403364
ISBN-10: 0044403364
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Beyond the Pyramids Travels in Egypt
Beyond the Pyramids Travels in Egypt (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780805041392
ISBN-10: 0805041397
Genres: History, Travel
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The Big Picture
The Big Picture (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780316882989
ISBN-10: 0316882984
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Big Picture
Big Picture (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780349111513
ISBN-10: 0349111510
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The Big Picture
The Big Picture (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780786862986
ISBN-10: 078686298X
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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The Big Picture
The Big Picture (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780786889372
ISBN-10: 0786889373
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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The Blue Hour
The Blue Hour (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781501139994
ISBN-10: 1501139991
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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The Blue Hour A Novel
The Blue Hour a Novel (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781451666373
ISBN-10: 1451666373
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Cet instantl
Cet Instantl [French Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782714443984
ISBN-10: 2714443982
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Chasing Mammon
Chasing Mammon (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780002550383
ISBN-10: 0002550385
Genre: Business & Money
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Chasing Mammon Travels in the Pursuit of Money
Combien
Combien (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782714450777
ISBN-10: 2714450776
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Culdesac
Culdesac (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782070424771
ISBN-10: 2070424774
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The Dead Heart
The Dead Heart (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780316909471
ISBN-10: 0316909475
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Der Job
Der Job (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783404144938
ISBN-10: 3404144937
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Desempleado
Desempleado (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789500421850
ISBN-10: 9500421852
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Die Entscheidung
Die Entscheidung (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783404149278
ISBN-10: 3404149270
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Die Falle
Die Falle (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783404147618
ISBN-10: 3404147618
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La Femme Du Ve [The Woman in the Fifth - French Edition] (Other)
Mirage [French Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
Stochastic Financial Models [Chapman & Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series] (Hardcover)