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Marcus Sakey

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Flint, The United States
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Marcus Sakey is the bestselling author of nine novels, including the Brilliance Trilogy, which has sold more than a million copies.

His novel AFTERLIFE (July 18, 2017) is soon to be a major motion picture from Imagine Entertainment and producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. His novel Good People was made into a film starring James Franco and Kate Hudson.

Marcus lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.

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"Ridiculously good...Sakey makes you grin at high-flying feats of imagination, and then grin harder because he sticks the landing. The master of the mindful page turner."
-Gillian Flynn

"Nothing short of brilliant."
-Chicago Tribune

"It's depth and intelligence and passion and emotion that set Sakey apart."
-Lee Child

"Sakey reminds me
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A Better World (Brilliance ...

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Written in Fire (Brilliance...

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Afterlife

3.79 avg rating — 10,324 ratings — published 2017 — 16 editions
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The Blade Itself

3.70 avg rating — 2,573 ratings — published 2007 — 33 editions
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The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes

3.49 avg rating — 2,659 ratings — published 2011 — 30 editions
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Good People

3.74 avg rating — 1,389 ratings — published 2008 — 41 editions
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At the City's Edge

3.91 avg rating — 1,181 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions
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The Amateurs

3.61 avg rating — 924 ratings — published 2009 — 26 editions
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Scar Tissue: Seven Stories ...

3.90 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
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“The world would be a better place if people stopped voting for folksy candidates they could have a beer with and started voting for people smarter than they are.”
Marcus Sakey, Brilliance

“. . . the problem with looking for your glasses is that you don’t have your glasses on while you’re looking . . .”
Marcus Sakey, The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes
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“Worry is a misuse of the imagination”
Marcus Sakey, A Better World

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