Ballistic (novel)
| Mark Greaney | |
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| Born | Mark Strode Greaney |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | |
| Spouse | Devon Greaney |
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| markgreaneybooks |
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Mark Greaney (born 1967) is an American novelist, best known as Tom Clancy's collaborator on his final three books, and for continuing the Jack Ryan character and "Tom Clancy Universe" following Clancy's death from 2013 to 2016. He is also well known for the Gray Man series of novels.
He is the son of Ed Greaney, a presence at WMC-TV Memphis for over 50 years and the namesake for the station's current newsroom. Greaney has degrees in political science and international relations, which would later play a major part in his writing career. Mark continues to reside in Memphis, Tennessee along with his family.
Greaney previously worked as a waiter and bartender for ten years, then later in a surgical technology company, while working on two novels in his spare time. After finishing one of them, primarily about the aftermath of the Bosnian civil war, he gave the first 20 pages of his work to his favorite author Ralph Peters's agent, Scott Miller, in a book conference in September 2006. Miller liked the book but later did not go forward with it, saying that "it was unmarketable," according to Greaney. But he urged Greaney to write another one, which later would be The Gray Man. After finishing this novel, Miller agreed to represent him, and later found a publisher, Jove Books.
The national success of The Gray Man made Greaney quit his job in the medical devices company and make the transition to becoming a full-time writer. He was later given a three-book deal by his publisher in 2009. In addition, The Gray Man's success spawned an equally successful series, with five more sequels as of 2017: On Target (2010), Ballistic (2011), Dead Eye (2013), Back Blast (2016), and Gunmetal Gray (2017).
The Gray Man is currently being adapted into a motion picture by Sony Pictures and tied to director Christopher McQuarrie.
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