Stephen Coonts

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Stephen Coonts (born July 19, 1946) is an American thriller and suspense novelist.

Coonts grew up in a West Virginia coal-mining town and earned a degree in political science at West Virginia University in 1968. He entered the Navy the following year and flew an A-6 Intruder medium attack plane during the Vietnam War, where he served on two combat cruises aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). After being honorably discharged from duty in 1977, Coonts pursued a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at the University of Colorado, graduating in 1979. He then worked as an oil and gas lawyer for several companies, entertaining his writing interests in his free time.

He published short stories in a number of publications before writing "Flight of the Intruder" (made into a movie in 1991). Intruder, based in part on his experiences as an attack plane pilot, became a best-selling novel and launched his career as a novelist. From there he continued writing adventure-mysteries using the character from his first book, Jake Grafton. He has written several other series and stand-alone novels since then, but is most notable for the Grafton books.

Today Coonts continues to write, having had seventeen New York Times bestsellers (out of 20 books), and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and son.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Jake Grafton Series 1.2 Saucer Series 1.3 Deep Black Series with Jim DeFelice 1.4 Tommy Carmellini Series 1.5 Other Fiction 1.6 Non-Fiction

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Jake Grafton Series

• Flight of the Intruder (1986) - ISBN 0-870-21200-1 (20th anniv. ISBN 0-591-14127-3)
• Final Flight (1986) - ISBN 0-385-24555-6
• The Minotaur (1989) - ISBN 0-385-26147-0
• Under Siege (1990) - ISBN 0-671-72229-8
• The Red Horseman (1993) - ISBN 0-671-74887-4
• The Intruders (1994) - ISBN 0-5671-87060-2
• Cuba (1999) - ISBN 0-312-20521-X
• Hong Kong (2000) - ISBN 0-312-25339-7
• America (2001) - ISBN 0-312-25341-9
• Liberty (2003) - ISBN 0-312-28361-X
• Liars and Thieves (2004) - ISBN 0-312-28362-8 (UK Title Wages of Sin )
• The Traitor (2006) - ISBN 312-32359-X (UK Title Traitor )- note: though 'Liars and Thieves and The Traitor include Jake Grafton, the main character is Tommy Carmellini, who was also an important character in the previous four Grafton novels

[edit] Saucer Series

• Saucer (2002) - ISBN 0-312-28342-3 Softcover
• The Conquest (2004) - ISBN 0-312-28342-3 Softcover

[edit] Deep Black Series with Jim DeFelice

• Deep Black (2003) - ISBN 0-312-98520-7 Paperback
• Biowar (2004) - ISBN 0-312-98521-5 Paperback
• Dark Zone (2004) - ISBN 0-312-98522-3 Paperback
• Payback (2005) - ISBN 0-312-93698-2 Paperback
• Jihad (2007) - ISBN 0-312-93699-0 Paperback

[edit] Tommy Carmellini Series

• Liars and Thieves (2004) (published as Wages of Sin in UK)
• The Traitor (2006) (UK Title Traitor )

note: Tommy Carmellini also plays a big role in several of the Jake Grafton Novels: Cuba, Hong Kong, America, and Liberty

[edit] Other Fiction

• The Cannibal Queen: A Flight into the Heart of America (1992) - ISBN 0-7126-5561-1
• Fortunes of War (1998) - ISBN 0-312-18583-9
• The 17th Day (1999) - ISBN 0-787-12270-X short story collection
• The Garden of Eden (2006) (writing as Eve Adams) - ISBN 0-312-32363-8
• The Assassin (2007) - ISBN 0-7528-6869-1

[edit] Non-Fiction

• The Cannibal Queen (1992) - ISBN 0-671-74884-X
• War in the air: true accounts (1996) - ISBN 0-671-88190-6
• Combat (2001) - ISBN 0-342-87190-2
• On glorious wings: the best flying stories (2003) - ISBN 0-312-87724-2
• Victory (2003) - ISBN 0-312-87462-6