James Grady (b. 1949) is the author of screenplays, articles, and
over a dozen critically acclaimed thrillers. Born in Shelby,
Montana, Grady worked a variety of odd jobs, from hay bucker to
gravedigger, before graduating from the University of Montana with
a degree in journalism. In 1973, after years of acquiring rejection
slips for short stories and poems, Grady sold his first novel:
Six Days of the Condor, a sensational bestseller that was
eventually adapted into a film starring Robert Redford.
After moving to Washington, DC, Grady worked for a syndicated
columnist, investigating everything from espionage to drug
trafficking. He quit after four years to focus on his own writing,
and has spent the last three decades composing thrillers and
screenplays. His body of work has won him France's Grand Prix du
Roman Noir, Italy's Raymond Chandler Award, and Japan's Baka-Misu
literary prize. Grady's most recent novel is Mad Dogs
(2006). He and his wife live in a suburb of Washington, DC
"The five previously published short stories and one original
novella in Grady's superb collection will please fans of the spy
known as Condor, who first appeared in the 1974 bestseller Six
Days of the Condor. An opening essay discusses Condor's origins
and how Grady, in his mid-20s, dealt with early success as a
writer. The first story, 'Condor.net,' published in 2005, presents
a Condor who isn't the original CIA spy, though the ending is
linked to the novella, 'Russian Roulette of the Condor,' in which
Condor and his girlfriend go on the run from a mysterious man with
a cane. 'Caged Daze of the Condor' describes the overarching plot
point of the recent Condor zeitgeist: he has been incarcerated for
years in a secret CIA insane asylum. In the rest of the stories and
the novella, Condor is out of the asylum and again working for the
CIA, dealing with 21st-century threats from Russians and other
adversaries. Grady's writing has changed dramatically over the
years, evolving into a literary, impressionistic style that will
unbalance some readers, but is a perfect fit for the aging,
unhinged, yet still-lethal Condor. This is an author writing at the
top of his, or anyone else's, game." -Publishers Weekly,
starred review
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