Nelson Richard DeMille was born on August 23,1943 and is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels.
18 Facts About Nelson DeMille
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Nelson DeMille's novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast.
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Nelson DeMille was born in New York City on August 23,1943.
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Nelson DeMille moved as a child with his family to Long Island.
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Nelson DeMille attended Elmont Memorial High School where he played football and ran track.
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Nelson DeMille was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army and saw action as an infantry platoon leader with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam.
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Nelson DeMille was decorated with the Air Medal, Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge.
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Nelson DeMille returned to the States and went back to Hofstra University, where he received his degree in political science and history.
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Nelson DeMille is a member of American Mensa, the Authors Guild, and past president of the Mystery Writers of America.
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Nelson DeMille is a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year.
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Nelson DeMille holds three honorary doctorates: Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature from Long Island University, and Doctor of Humane Letters from Dowling College.
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Nelson DeMille is the author of By the Rivers of Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, The General's Daughter, Spencerville, Plum Island, The Lion's Game, Up Country, Night Fall, Wild Fire, The Gate House, The Lion, The Panther, The Quest, Radiant Angel, and The Cuban Affair.
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Many of Nelson DeMille's books are written in the first person, and as such his books follow a linear plotline in which the reader moves along with the main character.
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Nelson DeMille often uses Long Island, where he currently lives, as a setting in his novels, as in The Gold Coast, The Gate House, Plum Island, Word of Honor, Night Fall, and Radiant Angel.
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Nelson DeMille spends approximately 16 months creating each of his novels due to the extensive research involved, and because he writes them longhand on legal pads with a number one pencil.
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Nelson DeMille was introduced in The General's Daughter and reappears in Up Country, and The Panther.
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Nelson DeMille appeared in The General's Daughter and Up Country.
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Nelson DeMille appeared in the first six novels by DeMille.