When your past comes calling, it's time to disappear . . .
Terry Hayes is a former journalist and screen-writer. Born in
Sussex, England, he migrated to Australia as a child and trained as
a journalist at the country's leading broadsheet. At twenty-one he
was appointed North American correspondent, based in New York, and
after two years returned to Sydney to become an investigative
reporter, political correspondent and columnist.
He resigned to produce a prominent current affairs radio program
and a short time later, with George Miller, wrote the screenplay
for Road Warrior/Mad Max 2. He also co-produced and wrote Dead
Calm, the film which launched Nicole Kidman's international movie
career, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and a large number of TV movies
and mini-series - including Bodyline and Bangkok Hilton - two of
which received international Emmy nominations. In all, he has won
over twenty film or television awards.
After moving to Los Angeles he worked as a screen-writer on major
studio productions. His credits include Payback with Mel Gibson,
From Hell, starring Johnny Depp, and Vertical Limit with Chris
O'Donnell. He has also done un-credited writing on a host of other
movies including Reign of Fire, Cliffhanger and Flightplan,
starring Jodie Foster.
I Am Pilgrim is his first novel. He and his American wife - Kristen
- have four children and live in Switzerland.
The best thriller I've read in ten years... An astonishing piece of
work
*Linwood Barclay*
THRILLER OF THE WEEK. Delivers thrills and spills...A full tilt mix
of Homeland, The Wire and The Bourne Ultimatum
*Mail on Sunday*
I Am Pilgrim is a 21st century thriller: a high concept plot, but
with finely drawn protagonists. The plot twists and turns like a
python in a sack. The style is visceral, gritty and cinematic...A
satisfying and ambitious book, written with skill and verve
*The Times*
Rendition yourself into a pulsating thriller that never lets up as
it carries the hero and the reader on an ever more desperate race
between time and an all too plausible disaster for the world we
live in. Great nail-biting stuff!
*Robert Goddard*
The narrative is thrilling: the tension tightens with action...It's
a murder mystery, an illuminating account of contemporary
international politics and a study of an unusual man......An
excellent thriller which as a first novel is really remarkable
*Literary Review*
I Am Pilgrim takes the modern spy novel and pushes it screaming and
kicking into the twentieth-first century. With a stunning sense of
plot, beautifully detailed writing, huge ambition and even huger
talent, Hayes has produced one of the most memorable novels of
recent times. This is a frightening, pulse-pounding journey into
the future of terrorism and the brave new world we’ve been ushered
into. Amazingly assured and complex, this is one of the best debut
novels I’ve ever read
*Stav Sherez*
Clever and compulsive - the best thriller in years
*Sunday Mirror*
Terry Hayes' I AM PILGRIM delivers smart, compelling and wildly
inventive storytelling, told on an ambitious scale with total
command. A masterful novel and a terrific read
*Chris Ewan*
Massive in many senses, but none more so than its ability to exert
a vice-like grip on the reader....Destined to be spy thriller of
the year
*Irish Independent*
As relevant as today's headlines. A scary trip through the shadowy
world of international espionage. Just hope that Pilgrim is on our
side. Terrific. No, on second thoughts, better than terrific
*Mark Timlin*
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