Background
Greg Iles was born on April 8, 1960 in Stuttgart, Germany. His father ran the US Embassy Medical Clinic in Stuttgart during the height of the Cold War. Greg Iles spent his youth in Natchez, Mississippi.
2016
Greg Iles with his son.
3550 Morning Glory Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, United States
Greg Iles attended Trinity Episcopal Day School.
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, United States
Greg Iles graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983.
Greg Iles with his wife Caroline.
Photo by Rick Guy.
Iles performs on book tour for Cemetery Road.
Iles (left) with bandmate Stephen King, being wheeled to a Rockbottom Remainders concert.
(Greg Iles comes a heartstopping thriller about one of the...)
Greg Iles comes a heartstopping thriller about one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II. The Spandau Diary—what was in it? Why did the secret intelligence agencies of every major power want it? Why was a brave and beautiful woman kidnapped and sexually tormented to get it?
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1993
(It is January 1944 - and as Allied troops prepare for D-D...)
It is January 1944 - and as Allied troops prepare for D-Day, Nazi scientists develop a toxic nerve gas that will repel and wipe out any invasion force. To salvage the planned assault, two vastly different but equally determined men are sent to infiltrate the secret concentration camp where the poison gas is being perfected on human subjects. Their only objective: destroy all traces of the gas and the men who created it - no matter how many lives may be lost...including their own.
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1995
(A man with a secret life risks everything to clear his na...)
A man with a secret life risks everything to clear his name in this “ingenious suspense thriller” from the bestselling author of the Penn Cage series. By day, Harper Cole trades commodities from his isolated home in the Mississippi Delta. By night he leads quite a different life, serving as a systems operator for an exclusive, anonymous erotic online service that caters to the rich and famous. But now a stranger has penetrated the network's state-of-the-art security, brutally murdering six celebrated female clients. Falsely accused of these horrible crimes, Harper realizes there's only one way to lure the elusive madman offline and into the open. But as he enacts his daring plan, Harper will put everything and everyone he holds dear directly in the path of a brilliant, unstoppable killer...
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1997
(This is the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #...)
This is the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Penn Cage series. Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage. In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own family trapped in a mystery buried for thirty years but never forgotten - the town’s darkest secret, now set to trap and destroy Penn as well.
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1999
(Greg Iles takes readers on a daringly executed roller-coa...)
Greg Iles takes readers on a daringly executed roller-coaster ride as a family under attack takes justice into their own hands. It begins on a perfect night, with a perfect family about to be trapped in a perfect crime...
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2000
(A woman comes face-to-face with a serial killer who glori...)
A woman comes face-to-face with a serial killer who glorifies the art of death in this "ingenious" thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002X848QE/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(This "alarming, believable, and utterly consuming" (bests...)
This "alarming, believable, and utterly consuming" (bestselling author Dan Brown) thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and the Penn Cage series explores the terrifying possibility that the next phase of human evolution may not be human at all... Trinity. The government's top-secret supercomputer is an intelligence beyond comprehension—and a nightmare beyond humanity's worst fears. At the heart of a maelstrom of limitless science and ruthless ambition, Dr. David Tennant, Project Trinity's ethicist, harbors a lethal secret: he knows who murdered a fellow scientist. Fleeing for his life alongside psychiatrist Rachel Weiss, the only hope for survival lies in revealing the shocking connection between Trinity's apocalyptic power and David's tortured mind. Mankind's future hangs in the balance—and the price of failure is extinction.
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2003
(Greg Iles keeps the secrets of the South alive in this vi...)
Greg Iles keeps the secrets of the South alive in this vibrant novel of infatuation, murder, and sexual intrigue set in his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi. Turning Angel marks the long-awaited return of Penn Cage, the lawyer hero of The Quiet Game, and introduces Drew Elliott, the highly respected doctor who saved Penn’s life in a hiking accident when they were boys. As two of the most prominent citizens of Natchez, Drew and Penn sit on the school board of their alma mater, St. Stephen’s Prep. When the nude body of a young female student is found near the Mississippi River, the entire community is shocked - but no one more than Penn, who discovers that his best friend was entangled in a passionate relationship with the girl and may be accused of her murder.
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2005
(Greg Iles melds forensic detail with penetrating insight ...)
Greg Iles melds forensic detail with penetrating insight into the heart of a killer in a southern town. Some memories live deep in the soul, indelible and dangerous, waiting to be resurrected...
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2005
(A Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of mur...)
A Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of murderous secrets in this powerhouse thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OVLKOU/?tag=2022091-20
2006
(In Third Degree, Greg Iles takes us to the idyllic town o...)
In Third Degree, Greg Iles takes us to the idyllic town of Athens Point, Mississippi, to probe beneath the surface of the modern American marriage - where the appearance of perfection conceals a soul-searing conflict of unnerving intensity and violent possibility. Packed with the storytelling brilliance and twisting suspense that mesmerized readers of True Evil, Turning Angel, and Blood Memory, Iles's newest novel delivers a powerful, revelatory reading experience.
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2007
(After appearing in two of Iles's most popular novels, Pen...)
After appearing in two of Iles's most popular novels, Penn Cage makes his triumphant return as a brilliant, honorable, and courageous hero. Rich with Southern atmosphere and marked by one jaw-dropping plot turn after another, The Devil's Punchbowl confirms that Greg Iles is America's master of suspense.
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2009
(In 1992, a cadre of the world’s best selling authors form...)
In 1992, a cadre of the world’s best selling authors formed a garage band called the Rock Bottom Remainders. For two decades the band played proudly (and terribly) to sold-out crowds across the country and raised more than $2 million dollars for charity. Hard Listening is a collective book by Stephen King, Scott Turow, Mitch Albom, Amy Tan, Matt Groening, Dave Barry, Roy Blount Jr., James McBride, Ridley Pearson, Greg Iles, Ted Habte-Gabr, Sam Barry, and Roger McGuinn. These renowned authors share the behind-the-scenes, uncensored story of their two decades of friendship, love, writing, and the redemptive power of rock’n’roll. Includes stories, musings, group email exchanges, candid conversations, compromising photographs, and a writing contest in which several of the authors (including Stephen King) wrote a short story in King’s style.
https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Listening-Greatest-Authors-Tells/dp/1732326924/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(The Bone Tree is an explosive, action-packed thriller ful...)
The Bone Tree is an explosive, action-packed thriller full of twisting intrigue and deadly secrets, a tale that explores the conflicts and casualties that result when the darkest truths of American history come to light. It puts us inside the skin of a noble man who has always fought for justice - now finally pushed beyond his limits. Just how far will Penn Cage, the hero we thought we knew, go to protect those he loves?
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2015
(Mississippi Blood is the enthralling conclusion to a brea...)
Mississippi Blood is the enthralling conclusion to a breathtaking trilogy seven years in the making--one that has kept readers on the edge of their seats. With piercing insight, narrative prowess, and a masterful ability to blend history and imagination, Greg Iles illuminates the brutal history of the American South in a highly atmospheric and suspenseful novel that delivers the shocking resolution his fans have eagerly awaited.
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2017
(Sometimes the price of justice is a good man’s soul. The ...)
Sometimes the price of justice is a good man’s soul. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B7L4QMF/?tag=2022091-20
2019
Greg Iles was born on April 8, 1960 in Stuttgart, Germany. His father ran the US Embassy Medical Clinic in Stuttgart during the height of the Cold War. Greg Iles spent his youth in Natchez, Mississippi.
Greg Iles attended Trinity Episcopal Day School. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983.
Greg Iles was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Frankly Scarlet for several years. He quit the band after he was married and began working on his first novel, Spandau Phoenix, which was published in 1993.
In 2002, Iles wrote the screenplay 24 Hours from his novel of the same name. Rewritten by director Don Roos, it was renamed Trapped. Iles then rewrote the script during the shoot, at the request of the producers and actors.
In 2011, Iles was seriously injured in a traffic accident on U.S. Route 61 near Natchez. He sustained life-threatening injuries, including a ruptured aorta. He was put into an induced coma for eight days, and lost his right leg below the knee. During his three-year recovery, he wrote three volumes of a trilogy set in Natchez, Mississippi, and featuring former prosecutor Penn Cage. His new epic trilogy continues the story of Penn Cage, the protagonist of "The Quiet Game", "Turning Angel", and "The Devil’s Punchbowl".
In July 2013, Iles co-authored "Hard Listening" (2013) with the literary musical group "The Rock Bottom Remainders". The ebook combines essays, fiction, musings, email exchanges and conversations, photographs, audio and video clips, and interactive quizzes to give readers a view into the private lives of the authors/musicians.
(This "alarming, believable, and utterly consuming" (bests...)
2003(In Third Degree, Greg Iles takes us to the idyllic town o...)
2007(The Bone Tree is an explosive, action-packed thriller ful...)
2015(A woman comes face-to-face with a serial killer who glori...)
2001(A Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of mur...)
2006(Greg Iles keeps the secrets of the South alive in this vi...)
2005(Mississippi Blood is the enthralling conclusion to a brea...)
2017(It is January 1944 - and as Allied troops prepare for D-D...)
1995(A man with a secret life risks everything to clear his na...)
1997(After appearing in two of Iles's most popular novels, Pen...)
2009(Greg Iles takes readers on a daringly executed roller-coa...)
2000(In 1992, a cadre of the world’s best selling authors form...)
2013(This is the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #...)
1999(Greg Iles melds forensic detail with penetrating insight ...)
2005(Greg Iles comes a heartstopping thriller about one of the...)
1993(Greg Iles explores the dangers of obsession in this gripp...)
2002(Sometimes the price of justice is a good man’s soul. The ...)
2019Greg Iles is a member of the legendary lit-rock group "The Rock Bottom Remainders".
Greg Iles lives in Natchez, Mississippi, with his wife Caroline (Hungerford) Iles and has three children.