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Aloysius X. L. Pendergast
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Acclaimed as "a modern-day Sherlock Holmes" (Associated Press) with a brilliant mind, a cultured manner, and a dark edge, Special Agent Aloysius X. L. Pendergast has calmly looked evil in the face throughout the long-running series that includes such novels as
—named one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever—and
. In this essay, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child discuss how the character came to be created, his enigmatic backstory, and the history of their own wildly successful writing partnership.
"The most charming, intelligent, cool, and creepy agent ever written." —
"Every bit the modern equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot."―
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“4.5* and half star off is only for the misleading title.
This is a nice insight into how Preston and Child met and began to collaborate, their writing process, and the genesis of Pendergast's character. It is not, by any stretch, a profile of the character himself. Preston and Child are engaging even in this format. It's particularly nice that they've maintained their back and forth style here, since that's apparently the way they co-write their books.”
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About Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston is a
–bestselling author of thirty-six books of both fiction and nonfiction. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1956, and grew up in the suburb of Wellesley. He studied English literature at Pomona College in Claremont, California, before he began his career at the American Museum of Natural History as an editor, writer, and manager of publications. He also taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. Today, Preston largely writes fiction, co-authoring the Agent Pendergast series of thrillers with Lincoln Child. His novel
was adapted into film by Disney in 2001. However, he continues to write about archaeology and anthropology for the
. Preston currently serves as president of the Authors Guild.
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