Background
Grady, James Thomas was born on April 30, 1949 in Shelby, Montana, United States. Son of Thomas and Donna Jane (Martin) Grady.
(From Kirkus: Three 1980 cases alternate, and occasionally...)
From Kirkus: Three 1980 cases alternate, and occasionally threaten to overlap, in this first outing for Washington, D.C. narrator-sleuth John Rankin--a long-winded, self-pitying, cocaine-snorting bore. First of all, Rankin is asked to investigate the murder of prostitute Janet Armstrong, apparently killed by her pimp (who's been arrested); Janet's father wants to know why his bright, Harvard-educated daughter would choose such a sordid life. Then Rankin is asked to re-examine the mass-suicides at Jonestown from a legal point of view: lawsuits against the Jones estate are expected from some Jonestown-victim kin. And finally, most dominantly, there's the murder of Eddie Hampton--who came to Rankin's office with a vague request to look into some un-named congressional investigation. Feeling obligated to the dead man, Rankin goes into sleuth action, focusing on the House General Oversight and Special Investigations Subcommittee--and on Sen. Robert Woodson, who might (or might not) be involved in corrupt doings. (This is ABSCAM time.) Furthermore, while looking (at tedious length) into hooker Janet's life, Rankin suspects that there may be a connection between Janet and a top Woodson aide. Soon, however, the detection is taking a back seat to Rankin's infatuation with Woodson's young daughter Tara--who inspires dreadful, yuk-some monologues of adoration/frustration. And the solution to the Hampton murder will force Rankin into a predictable, belabored conflict-of-loyalties. Despite some sharp dialogue and some solid D.C. backgrounds: a busy, uncoordinated, pretentious slog--especially disappointing work from veteran Grady (Six Days of the Condor).
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Grady, James Thomas was born on April 30, 1949 in Shelby, Montana, United States. Son of Thomas and Donna Jane (Martin) Grady.
He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974.
In 1971 Grady worked as a staff aide for the Montana Constitutional Convention, which adopted a renewed state Constitution in 1972. During college he worked for United States. Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana. From 1974-1978, during the post-Watergate era, he worked with pioneering muckraking investigative journalist Jack Anderson.
He has contributed to Slate, The Washington Post, Washingtonian, American Film, The New Republic, Sport, Parade, and the Journal of Asian Martial Arts.
Grady is best known as the author of the espionage thriller novel Six Days of the Condor, which was famously adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford and directed by Sydney Pollack. In addition to about a dozen novels and many short stories, he has written for film and television
Grady married Bonnie Goldstein in 1985 and is the stepfather of Rachel Grady, director of the documentary Jesus Camp. He is a bookish cinephile that also enjoys the study of T’ai-chi, swimming, and listening to progressive rock.
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Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Writers Guild American, Mystery Writers American M C.
Married Bonnie Joy Goldstein, 1985. Children: Rachel, Nathan.