Peter james author biography worksheet
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Peter James
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Biography: Peter James is the international bestselling author of many award-winning novels.
Peter james author biography worksheet
His Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, set in Brighton – translated into thirty-eight languages with worldwide sales of over twenty-three million copies – has given him twenty Sunday Times Number Ones. In 2015 WH Smith customers voted him the Greatest Crime Author of All Time and in 2016 he was awarded the coveted CWA Diamond Dagger, a lifetime achievement award for sustained excellence.
In 2018 he received a Specsavers Honorary Platinum Bestseller Award.
The opening episode of GRACE, based on the first Roy Grace novel, DEAD SIMPLE, was broadcast in March 2021 with John Simm starring in the lead role as the tenacious detective.
It was a TV Pick of the Day across all the major UK newspapers, appeared on ITV 1’s prime Sunday night slot and viewing figures quickly reached more than 8.8 million, with gl