Brett Battles is an American author and computer engineer from Los Angeles, California.
Brett Battles | |
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Born | Ridgecrest, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2007–present |
Genre | thriller, suspense |
Website | |
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Publishing History
editWhile employed at Dell Computer, Battles published his first novel, The Cleaner (2007). The novel introduced recurring character Jonathan Quinn, a freelance intelligence operative named for Liam Quinn, an executive at Dell who had served as a mentor to Battles. The Cleaner was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller.[1]
His second novel, The Deceived (2008), won the Barry Award for Best Thriller.[1]
His third novel, Shadow of Betrayal, continues the adventures of freelance operative and "cleaner" Jonathan Quinn. Shadow of Betrayal was published in the United Kingdom under the title The Unwanted (Preface Publishing, 2009).
This fourth novel, The Silenced, was released by Dell in 2011. In the same year, he wrote the computer manufacturer's internal hardware manual.
Bibliography
editJonathan Quinn Series
edit# | Title | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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1 | The Cleaner | Delacorte Press | 2007 | 978-0-44-024370-0 |
2 | The Deceived | Delacorte Press | 2008 | 978-0-38-534157-8 |
3 | The Unwanted | Delacorte Press | 2009 | 978-0-38-534158-5 |
4 | The Silenced | Dell Publishing | 2011 | 978-0-44-024567-4 |
5 | The Destroyed | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2012 | 978-1-47-763551-3 |
6 | The Collected | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2012 | 978-1-48-005538-4 |
7 | The Enraged | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2013 | 978-1-49-055702-1 |
8 | The Discarded | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2014 | 978-1-49-732447-3 |
9 | The Buried | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2015 | 978-1-50-874694-2 |
10 | The Unleashed | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2016 | 978-1-53-031430-0 |
11 | The Aggrieved | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2017 | 978-1-54-673146-7 |
12 | The Fractured | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2018 | 978-1-72-030827-0 |
13 | The Damaged | Independently Published | 2019 | 978-1-07-750454-7 |
14 | The Unknown | Independently Published | 2020 | 978-1-65-387835-2 |
15 | The Vanished | Independently Published | 2020 | 979-8-57-559949-4 |
Note: In the US, The Unwanted was sold under the title Shadow of Betrayal.
Logan Harper Thrillers
edit# | Title | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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1 | Little Girl Gone | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2011 | 978-1-46-118928-2 |
2 | Every Precious Thing | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2011 | 978-1-46-806402-5 |
Project Eden Thrillers
edit# | Title | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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1 | Sick | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2012 | 978-1-46-118926-8 |
2 | Exit 9 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2012 | 978-1-47-500956-9 |
3 | Pale Horse | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2012 | 978-1-47-760883-8 |
4 | Ashes | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2012 | 978-1-48-115833-6 |
5 | Eden Rising | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2013 | 978-1-49-288995-3 |
6 | Dream Sky | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2014 | 978-1-49-475305-4 |
7 | Down | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2014 | 978-1-50-336680-0 |
Rewinder Series
edit# | Title | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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1 | Rewinder | 47north | 2015 | 978-1-47-783083-3 |
2 | Destroyer | 47north | 2016 | 978-1-50-395159-4 |
3 | Survivor | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | 2017 | 978-1-54-313151-2 |
Night Man Chronicles
edit# | Title | Publisher | Date | ISBN |
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1 | Night Man | Independently Published | 2019 | 978-1-79-655055-9 |
2 | Insidious | Independently Published | 2020 | 979-8-64-413501-1 |
3 | Mercy | Independently Published | 2021 | 979-8-50-039637-2 |
Stand-Alone Novels
editTitle | Publisher | Date | ASIN/ISBN |
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The Pull of Gravity | Amazon Digital Services, Inc. | 2011 | B005H1O4DG |
No Return | Preface Publishing | 2012 | 978-1-84-809290-7 |
Mine | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2016 | 978-1-53-506715-7 |
Short stories
edit- 2008 – "Perfect Gentleman" (published in Killer Year edited by Lee Child – St. Martin's Press)
- 2011 – "Just Another Job – A Jonathan Quinn Story" (published by Slam Bang Stories, Available on Amazon Kindle)
- 2011 – "Off the Clock A Jonathan Quinn Story" – May 20, 2011
Novella
editJuly 10, 2011– Becoming Quinn (A Jonathan Quinn Novel): A prequel to the series
See also
edit- Rewinder
References
edit- ^ a b "Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine- Barry Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2010-10-04.