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ROBERT LUDLUM

1927 - 2001

Writing as: Robert Ludlum, Jonathan Ryder, Michael Shepherd


Born in New York City, Mr. Ludlum lost his father at a very early age. Nevertheless, he was able to attend quality schools as he grew up. He tried to join the Canadian Air Force to fight in WWII but was turned down. He rebounded by joining the U.S. Marines and serving in the South Pacific from 1945-1947. Returning to civilian life, he attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut and got a BA from there. His first major career was as a producer and an actor in the theater and it was there that he learned the pacing and presentation that made for an exciting adventure, rules he would used religiously in his later writings. Though some critics derided his stories as melodramic, the reading public had a totally different take on this exceptional talent and his books sold in the millions.



Series Books
Robert Ludlum
 
Jason Bourne The Bourne Identity (1980)
  The Bourne Supremacy (1986)
  The Bourne Ultimatum (1990)
 
Covert One The Hades Factor (2000)
 
Bray Scofield The Matarese Circle (1979)
  The Matarese Countdown (1997)
 
Paul Janson The Janson Directive (2002)
  The Janson Command (2012)
  The Janson Option (2014)
 
Other The Acquitaine Progression (1984)
  The Apocalypse Watch (1995)
  The Chancellor Manuscript (1977)
  The Gemini Contenders (1976)
  The Holcroft Covenant (1978)
  The Icarus Agenda (1988)
  The Matlock Paper (1973)
  The Osterman Weekend (1972)
  The Parsifal Mosaic (1982)
  The Prometheus Deception (2000)
  The Rhinemann Exchange (1974)
  The Road to Omaha (1992)
  The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971)
  The Scorpio Illusion (1993)
 
Jonathan Ryder
 
Other The Cry of the Halidon (1974)
  Trevayne (1989)
 
Michael Shepherd
 
Other The Road to Gandolfo (1975)