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Authors with similar writing style to stephen coonts. Stephen coonts books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. White the internet writing journal stephen coonts is the author of eight new york times bestselling novels, the first of which was the classic flying tale, flight of the intruder. Goodreads members who like stephen hunter also like. Learn more about this native of west virginia, who fell in love with airplanes, became a navy combat pilot, and wrote his first novel nights and weekends be. Stephen coonts delivers another highpowered, politicallycharged thriller that is not to be missed. Thriller writer stephen coonts began his writing career with the 1986 vietnam war bestseller flight of the intruder, which introduced the character jake grafton, and was inspired by his own experiences flying an a6 intruder plane in vietnam. Robert ludlum the father of the modern espionage novel, an incredible writer whose works are excellent. Ever since leaving his longtime publisher and signing with regnery several years back, coonts has taken a new approach to his writing. Books by stephen coonts authors like stephen coonts what. Click on an author s name learn more about them and see a partial list of their books. Jun 21, 2016 join us for an exclusive oneonone podcast author interview with bestselling author stephen coonts about his new book, libertys last stand.
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Stephen coonts also served as a professional editor. Stephen coonts author interview with conservative book. Hi there if you are a fan of clancy you will probably like these other authors. Coonts career took off with the publication of his wildly popular vietnam war thriller flight of the intruder, which spent 28 weeks on the new york times bestseller list and was later made into a blockbuster film starring danny glover and willem dafoe. This time in the terrorist infested high seas where grafton and carmellini, are fullykitted, synched, and on target.
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A former naval aviator and vietnam combat veteran, he is a graduate of west virginia university and the university of colorado school of law. The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. Combat stephen coonts combat kindle edition by coonts. Stephen coonts is the author of 17 new york times bestsellers. If you like tom clancy, then try dale brown, stephen coonts, david. In the past editors at major publishers might labor over a manuscript, writing, rewriting, and if necessary, inserting or eliminating subplots, all in the effort to get a manuscript up to publishing quality. Buckhannon native stephen coonts flight of the intruder became an instant classic. Stephen coonts, bestselling actionadventure author, took a flight in the f22 cockpit concept demonstrator at lockheed martin in georgia for fortunes of war. Remember that individual judgments of writing styles will differ among readers and that these suggestions are selective. Always known as a conservative, coonts stories tended to lean to the right of the political spectrumsimilar to fellow bestselling authors vince flynn, brad thor, and to a lesser extent, tom clancy.
Mar 31, 2017 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. He still enjoys flying and tries to do as much of it as possible. A jake grafton novel tommy carmellini book 5 kindle edition by coonts, stephen. Stephen coonts is the creator and author of the saucer series. His books have since been translated and published around the world. His novels have been published around the world and translated into more than a dozen languages. A graduate of west virginia university and a former attorney, coonts is the author of nine new york times bestselling novels, which have been translated and republished around the world.
In our exclusive oneonone podcast author interview with bestselling novelist stephen coonts, he discusses his first overtly political book, libertys last stand. Wrote the bourne identity and a huge number of other novels. He talked his way into the v22 osprey simulator at nas patuxent river, the basis for scenes in his novella aljihad. In elementary school, i really wanted to read stephen kings the stand, a contemporary, tolkienian good n evil story with sexual content and a page count north of 1,000. Coonts grew up in the coalmining town of buckhannon, west virginia, and served as a pilot in the navy. Mar 31, 2017 author of saucer, flight of the intruder, america, minotaur, the traitor, the assassin, stephen coonts deep black, cannibal queen.
Coonts grew up in buckhannon, west virginia, a small coalmining town and earned an b. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to. While research is vital, he advises not overloading the reader with information. Find authors like stephen coonts from the worlds largest community of readers. Former naval aviator stephen coonts flew combat missions during the vietnam war. My mother, hooked on king since the dark tower series, stoppe.
His stories often focus on the battle between good and evil, and his characters are placed against nearly impossible odds from which they emerge victorious. Exclusive cbc author interview with stephen coonts. He followed that dazzling debut with a string of adventures starring intrepid hero jake grafton a series that only gets more popular with each new release. If you like military thrillers, read stephen coonts. Stephen coonts is the author of over a dozen new york times bestselling novels, the first of which was the classic flying tale flight of the intruder. Feb 9, 20 if you like tom clancy, then try dale brown, stephen coonts, david poyer, jack higgins, clive cussler, larry bond, joe weber, robert ludlum. He primarily is known for writing novels that fall into the genre of either thriller or suspense. Born in 1946, stephen paul coonts grew up in buckhannon, west virginia, a coalmining town of 6,000 people on the. If you like fingernailbiting suspense and rock em, sock em action, youll love this series about a covert cia team that fights bad guys all over the globe. Find authors like stephen hunter from the worlds largest community of readers. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Goodreads members who like stephen coonts also like. Stephen coonts is the author of innumerable new york times bestsellers, the first of which was the classic flying tale, flight of the intruder.
A former naval aviator and vietnam combat veteran, he is a graduate of west virginia university and the. Stephen coonts, author of the watershed military novel, flight of the intruder, offers this. The library happened to have a good selection of both those authors books, and i couldnt get through them fast enough. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading combat stephen coonts combat. Stephen coonts audiobooks download instantly today. His latest book has been published recently in the year 20 with the name of pirate alley. Readalikes for stephen coonts if you like stephen coonts try these. Martin cruz smith was born in pennsylvania in 1942. The deep black series of cowritten novels came about because coonts couldnt write quickly enough to fill the demand for his works. Books by stephen coonts writers similar to stephen coonts. Stephen coonts is currently considered a single author. Dean koontzs novels have been described as an author who refuses to be slotted in any single genre, combining suspense, horror and fantasy. Stephen coonts is the author of seven new york times bestselling novels, the first of which was the classic flying tale, flight of the intruder, which spent more than six months at the top of the new york times bestseller list.
Coonts joined the us navy hard on the heels of graduating from west virginia university in the late 1960s. Scott ralph peters stirling ringo stephen cannell laurie cass tom clancy james webb richard herman clive cussler richard marcinko joel rosenberg matthew reilly neil strauss louis lamour colin. His books include the disciple, the assassin, and the deep black and saucers series, among many other bestsellers. A motion picture based on the book was released in 1991. Stephen coonts is the author of many new york times bestselling books that have been translated and published around the world. Dec 09, 20 in elementary school, i really wanted to read stephen kings the stand, a contemporary, tolkienian good n evil story with sexual content and a page count north of 1,000. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to stephen coonts. A student of political science at west virginia university, stephen went into the navy after leaving college. As a navy flyer, grafton is in charge of a grumman a6 intruder aircraft. Coonts was born in july 1946 in buckhannon, west virginia state. If you like coonts, you will be disappointed with this book.
Just like the the reallife occupation of author stephen coonts during his military service, protagonist grafton is a navy officercumcarrier pilot. The story was not that interesting and the narration was irritating. A former naval aviator, coonts flew combat missions during the vietnam war and later served as a flight instructor. Stephen coonts is a new york times bestselling author that was born in 1946. If you love stephen coonts s books you need the most comprehensive book list available, which includes a check list, alternative titles, page counts, movie adaptations, coauthors, star ratings, and a host of other features, plus. The real book spy a headlineinspired thriller with a conservative slant. A former naval aviator and vietnam combat veteran, he is a graduate of west virginia. Stephen coonts is the author of the disciple, the assassin, and the deep black and saucers series, among many other bestsellers. His first novel, the classic flying tale flight of the intruder, spent more than six months at the top of the new york times bestseller list. His novels include flight of the intruder, the disciple, the assassin, and the deep black and saucers series. He has also written a few standalone novels, nonfiction books and short stories. When i was growing up in a small town, there was nothing to do but read books.
After joining the navy upon graduation and then going to officer. Pirate alley is fullsteamahead, actionpacked, chaotic, and finalbut with black cladded navy seals in the mix, the fight is anything but fair. Veteran naval aviator stephen coonts shook up the actionadventure game with his 1986 bestseller, flight of the intruder. Join us for an exclusive oneonone podcast author interview with bestselling author stephen coonts about his new book, libertys last stand.
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