Background
Clayton Clay Harvey was born on June 24, 1946, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. He is the son of Harvey Oris and Leola Atkins.
5400 Ramsey St, Fayetteville, NC 28311, United States
Methodist University where Clay Harvey studied.
405 N Main St, Davidson, NC 28035, United States
Davidson College where Clay Harvey studied.
(This book includes evaluations, applications, history, de...)
This book includes evaluations, applications, history, development, ballistics, and loading data for "50 of today's most used centerfire cartridges."
https://www.amazon.com/Popular-sporting-rifle-cartridges-Harvey/dp/0910676747/?tag=2022091-20
1984
(This book offers advice on selecting the correct rifle an...)
This book offers advice on selecting the correct rifle and cartridge to the type of game and the type of hunter.
https://www.amazon.com/Rifles-Cartridges-Game-Clay-Harvey/dp/0696111225/?tag=2022091-20
1991
(Good old boys from the Bible Belt put paid to the vengefu...)
Good old boys from the Bible Belt put paid to the vengeful plans of alien weapons traffickers in this preachy debut thriller. One fateful day, Tyler Vance (a North Carolina freelance writer who churns out books and articles for the guns and ammo market) finds himself in the middle of a bank robbery while on his way to deposit a sizable royalty check.
https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Red-Clay-Harvey/dp/0399141561/?tag=2022091-20
1996
(Another bromidic round of far-fetched roughhouse in the N...)
Another bromidic round of far-fetched roughhouse in the North Carolina wild with Tyler Vance, the irritatingly righteous star of Harvey's debut (A Flash of Red, 1996). When last heard from, widower Ty had bested a band of Bosnian brigands bent on running heavy-duty ordnance back to the old country from a base inconveniently close to the Vance family homestead outside Greensboro.
https://www.amazon.com/Whisper-Black-Clay-Harvey-1998-07-01/dp/B01FELCNTU/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(Hardboiled private investigator Connor Gibbs is hired by ...)
Hardboiled private investigator Connor Gibbs is hired by a nine-year-old boy who offers him his life savings-sixty-seven dollars to find his long-lost father, but he soon discovers that his quarry will do anything to stay missing
https://www.amazon.com/Deadbeat-Leo-Atkins/dp/042516781X/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(In A Flash of Red and A Whisper of Black, ex-shadow opera...)
In A Flash of Red and A Whisper of Black, ex-shadow operative Tyler Vance was one of the most lethal men in the world. Now, find out how he got that way.
https://www.amazon.com/Dwelling-Gray-Clay-Harvey/dp/0515127477/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(When Connor's friend Benella Sweet foils a robbery attemp...)
When Connor's friend Benella Sweet foils a robbery attempt, she makes some very dangerous men very angry and they're dead-set on getting revenge.
https://www.amazon.com/Play-Dead-Leo-Atkins-2000-03-05/dp/B01K93SNTC/?tag=2022091-20
2000
Clayton Clay Harvey was born on June 24, 1946, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. He is the son of Harvey Oris and Leola Atkins.
From school age, Harvey loved to read about weapons, cars, and fitness. Although he did not so well at school, he had an outstanding talent for writing. He studied at Methodist College (now Methodist University). He was also studying journalism at Davidson College.
After university, Clay Harvey joined the army, trained in Fort Bragg and Alabama and spent 13 months in Korea. After graduating from Davidson College, he wrote articles on weapons and ammunition and became an expert on various types of weapons for sports and hunting.
His first documentary Popular sporting rifle cartridges was published in 1984 and became a successful entry into a specialized field. Hereafter two more documentaries were published.
In 1996, he released his first thriller A Flash of Red. The book became a bestseller and made Clay Harvey famous. Harvey’s followup novel, A Whisper of Black, picks up the story where A Flash of Red left off. The third book from the series Tyler Vance was published in 2000.
Under the pseudonym Leo Atkins he released his first novel Deadbeat from the Connor Gibs series in 1999. In 2000 two more books from this series were published.
(Hardboiled private investigator Connor Gibbs is hired by ...)
1999(Another bromidic round of far-fetched roughhouse in the N...)
1997(This book includes evaluations, applications, history, de...)
1984(When Connor's friend Benella Sweet foils a robbery attemp...)
2000(Good old boys from the Bible Belt put paid to the vengefu...)
1996(In A Flash of Red and A Whisper of Black, ex-shadow opera...)
2000(This book offers advice on selecting the correct rifle an...)
1991(He's Connor Gibbs. He's got a shady past and a questionab...)
2000Quotes from others about the person
“From the quick-clutch first sentence, Harvey establishes himself as a writer possessed of cool control. The muscular storyline zips along in pared-down prose.”
Clay Harvey has a wife Barbara Harvey. The marriage produced a child. He lives with his family in Greensboro.