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Andrew Grant

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Andrew Grant


Born
in Kurow, New Zealand
May 17, 1948

Website

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers

Influences
John D. MacDonald, James Ellroy


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Andrew Grant is the thriller writing pseudonym of a writer born in Kurow, New Zealand.

Grant Shanks (Andrew Grant) grew up on farms and in the bushlands of Otago and Southland and has lived and worked around the world, including the USA, in a variety of occupations ranging from merchant seaman to professional body guard to advertising copywriter.

Trained in the martial arts, Grant is a small arms expert and a gourmet cook. A keen traveller and dedicated fly fisherman and hunter, he is an aficionado of the writings of the late John D. MacDonald, James Ellroy and the other great writers of the American crime genre.



Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.04 · 206 ratings · 15 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
Death in the Kingdom
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Singapore Sling Shot
4.05 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Hawks
4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Tyler's Gold
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999
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Mesquite Smoke-Dance
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004
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