Brad Parks
1974
Brad Parks is one of the highly renowned authors from America, who is well known for writing books based on the thriller and mystery genres. He is particularly famous for writing the mystery series featuring Carter Ross as the chief protagonist. The novels written by Brad combine the gritty and urban realism with humor. At the age of 14, author Brad used to cover his high school sports for The Ridgefield Press, a daily newspaper of his hometown. Later, he began his own newspaper covering sports activities, when he entered the Dartmouth College. While still studying, he was employed at The New York Times, and has even worked at The Boston Globe as per an internship program. After completing his graduation, author Brad joined The Washington Post for an internship and later he was hired on the full time basis. When he reached the age of 26, he started to write fiction while sitting inside a cafe. At the same time, his wife was continuing with her studies. Author Brad is the only author who has won the Nero, Lefty, and Shamus awards. Brad began his writing career in the year 2009 with the publication of his debut book titled Faces of the Gone. This book served as the first one to feature in the Carter Ross series. This novel’s success helped author Brad to win the Shamus and Nero awards in 2010. The works of Brad are known to have received starred reviews collectively from each and every renowned pre-publication reviewers. In addition to the mystery books, Brad has also written a few standalone books and the first one that he penned is titled Say Nothing.