John Lescroart is a New York Times bestselling author known for his series of legal and crime thriller novels featuring the characters Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky, and Wyatt Hunt.
11 Facts About John Lescroart
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John Lescroart's novels have sold more than 10 million copies, have been translated into 22 languages in more than 75 countries, and 18 of his books have been on the New York Times bestseller list.
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John Lescroart is an original founding member of the group International Thriller Writers.
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John Lescroart appeared as a contestant on the game show Tic Tac Dough in 1979, as well as on The Joker's Wild, Blank Check, and Headline Chasers.
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Additionally, under Crow Art Records, John Lescroart has released several albums, including a CD of piano versions of his songs performed by Antonio Gala.
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John Lescroart has for some time been writing and living in Davis, California.
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John Lescroart's novel Guilt was a Reader's Digest Select Edition choice.
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In 2007, John Lescroart was awarded the American Author Medal for The Suspect.
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John Lescroart has twice been the spotlighted guest at the International Thriller Writer's Thrillerfest, and in 2012, he was the guest of honor at Left Coast Crime.
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Eighteen of John Lescroart's novels have been on The New York Times Best Seller list.
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John Lescroart wrote A Certain Justice before Guilt, and in the course of writing it, he came up with Wes Farrell's account of the trial that made him lose faith in the law.