26 Facts About David Baldacci

1. David Baldacci lives in Virginia with his wife and children.

2. David Baldacci wrote his first novel, Absolute Power, while working as a trial lawyer.

3. David Baldacci is indisputably one of the greatest thriller writers of the last decade.

4. David Baldacci authored a short story, "The Mighty Johns", as part of a 2002 mystery anthology.

5. David Baldacci serves as a national ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and participates in numerous charities as well as founding his own foundation for literacy, Wish You Well Foundation.

6. David Baldacci wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his novel Wish You Well ; the movie was shot on location in southwest Virginia with Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn, Josh Lucas, and Mackenzie Foy in the lead roles.

7. David Baldacci related a story about the Reston office building where he works.

8. David Baldacci is as prolific a talker as he is a writer.

9. David Baldacci was one of the new writers focused on threats closer to home.

10. David Baldacci was calm, rational, but very tenacious, according to Mutryn.

11. David Baldacci had a prodigious memory and made his brother and sister quiz him about Civil War history.

12. David Baldacci lives with wife Michelle, daughter Spencer, 14, and son Collin, 11, in Vienna.

13. David Baldacci is doing more than just complaining about the decline in reading.

14. David Baldacci is the cofounder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America.

15. David Baldacci is the bestselling author of a number of thriller series, including Memory Man, Will Robie, John Puller, and others.

16. David Baldacci was born in Richmond, Virginia, the youngest of three children, and wrote stories from childhood.

17. David Baldacci was born and grew up in Richmond, Virginia in 1960.

18. David Baldacci started writing stories from the childhood using the notebooks supplied by his mother.

19. David Baldacci was born on August 5, 1960 in Richmond, Virginia.

20. David Baldacci is a contributing editor of Parade Magazine, which has a readership of over 75 million.

21. David Baldacci is one of the bestselling American novelists, but he has worked as a philanthropist and a screenwriter.

22. David Baldacci is a celebrated American novelist who has written the most loved novels of all time like Absolute Power, Wish You Well and The Finisher.

23. David Baldacci was scheduled to read from his new book, Long Road to Mercy, and free copies of the book will be given to the first 100 registrants.

24. David Baldacci introduces a new series with special FBI agent Atlee Pine, who prefers working in the remote wilds of the West to climbing the career ladder in DC.

25. David Baldacci wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his novel Wish You Well; the movie was shot on location in southwest Virginia with Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn, Josh Lucas, and Mackenzie Foy in the lead roles.

26. David Baldacci is a bestselling American novelist.