Brett Battles
Encyclopedia
Brett Battles is an American author
from Los Angeles
, California
.
for Best Thriller.
His second novel, The Deceived (2008), won the Barry Award
for Best Thriller.
His third novel, Shadow of Betrayal, continues the adventures of freelance operative and "cleaner" Jonathan Quinn. Shadow of Betrayal was publishing in the United Kingdom under the title The Unwanted (Preface Publishing, 2009).
This fourth novel, The Silenced, will be released by Dell in 2011.
American literature
American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history, America was a series of British...
from Los Angeles
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, California
California
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.
Publishing History
Brett Battles' first novel, The Cleaner (2007), introduced recurring character Jonathan Quinn, freelance intelligence operative. "The Cleaner" was nominated for the Barry AwardBarry Award
The Barry Award is an annual prize presented to the most outstanding comedy act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It has been awarded since 1998, when it was introduced as the Stella Award, and was renamed in 2000 in honour of Barry Humphries, one of the festival's founding patrons...
for Best Thriller.
His second novel, The Deceived (2008), won the Barry Award
Barry Award
The Barry Award is an annual prize presented to the most outstanding comedy act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It has been awarded since 1998, when it was introduced as the Stella Award, and was renamed in 2000 in honour of Barry Humphries, one of the festival's founding patrons...
for Best Thriller.
His third novel, Shadow of Betrayal, continues the adventures of freelance operative and "cleaner" Jonathan Quinn. Shadow of Betrayal was publishing in the United Kingdom under the title The Unwanted (Preface Publishing, 2009).
This fourth novel, The Silenced, will be released by Dell in 2011.