Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is a best-selling English author and former politician whose political career ended with his conviction and subsequent imprisonment (2001–03) for perjury and perverting the course of justice. longside his literary work, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969–74), and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–86). He was made a life peer in 1992.

Writing career

His first book, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, was picked up by the literary agent Deborah Owen and published first in the US, then eventually in Britain in the Autumn of 1976. The book was an instant success and Archer avoided bankruptcy, never being legally declared bankrupt. A BBC Television adaptation of the book was broadcast in 1990, and a radio adaptation was aired on BBC Radio 4 in the early 1980s.

Kane and Abel proved to be his best-selling work, reaching number one on the New York Times bestsellers list. It was made into a television mini-series by CBS in 1985, starringPeter Strauss and Sam Neill. The following year, Granada TV screened a ten-part adaptation of another Archer bestseller, First Among Equals, which told the story of four men and their quest to become Prime Minister.^[9]

Archer states he spends considerable time writing and re-writing each book. He goes abroad to write the first draft, working in blocks of two-hours at a time, then writes anything up to seventeen further drafts. It has been suggested that his books require extensive editing by others to make them readable.^[10][11]

In 2011, Archer published the first of five books in The Clifton Chronicles, which follow the life of Harry Clifton from his birth in 1920, through to the finale in 2020. Only Time Will Tell tells the story of Harry from 1920 through to 1940 and was published in the UK on 12 May 2011. In March 2011 he visited New Zealand as part of a promotional tour. His stops included an interview on Radio Live with hosts Willie Jackson and former-disgraced-MP John Tamihere.^[12]

List of works

Kane and Abel series

§                    Shall We Tell the President? (1977)

§                    Kane and Abel (1980)

§                    The Prodigal Daughter (1982)

Prison diaries (non-fiction)

§                    1. Hell – Belmarsh (2002)

§                    2. Purgatory – Wayland (2003)

§                    3. Heaven – North Sea Camp (2004)

Other novels

§                    Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1976)

§                    First Among Equals (1984)

§                    A Matter of Honour (1986)

§                    As the Crow Flies (1991)

§                    Honour Among Thieves (1993)

§                    The Fourth Estate (1996)

§                    The Eleventh Commandment (1998)

§                    Sons of Fortune (2002)

§                    False Impression (2005)

§                    The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot With Francis J. Moloney (2007)

§                    A Prisoner of Birth (2008)

§                    Paths of Glory (2009)

§                    Only Time Will Tell (2011)

§                    The Sins of the Father (2012)

§                    Best Kept Secret (March 2013)

Plays

§                    Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1987)

§                    Exclusive (1989)

§                    The Accused (2000)

Short stories/Collections

§                    A Quiver Full of Arrows (1980)

§                    A Twist in the Tale (1989)

§                    Fools, Knaves, and Heroes: Great Political Short Stories Editor, Introduction. (1991)

§                    Twelve Red Herrings (1994)

§                    The Collected Short Stories (1997)

§                    To Cut a Long Story Short (2000)

§                    Cat O'Nine Tales (2006)

§                    And Thereby Hangs a Tale (2010)

§                    The New Collected Short Stories(2011)

For children

§                    The First Miracle (1980)

§                    By Royal Appointment (1980)

§                    Willy Visits the Square World (1980)

§                    Willy and the Killer Kipper (1981)

Clifton Chronicles

§                    Only Time Will Tell (2011)

§                    The Sins of the Father (2012)

§                    Best Kept Secret (2013)

 With Love for all Jeffrey lovers-

  Reference-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Archer