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Joseph Finder (born October 6, 1958) is an American thriller writer. His books include Paranoia, Company Man, The Fixer, Killer Instinct, Power Play, and the Nick Heller series of thrillers. His novel High Crimes was made into the film of the same name starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. His novel Paranoia was adapted into a 2013 film starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, and Harrison Ford. Early life Finder was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1958 and spent much of his early childhood in Afghanistan and the Philippines before his family returned to the United States and lived in Bellingham, Washington, and outside Albany, New York. Finder majored in Russian studies at Yale University, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a bass singer in the Yale Whiffenpoofs (1980). He received a master's degree from the Harvard Russian Research Center and later taught on the Harvard faculty. He states that "He was recruited to the Central Intelligence Agency but eventually decided he preferred writing fiction." Career Finder published Red Carpet: The Connection Between the Kremlin and America's Most Powerful Businessmen (1983), about Dr. Armand Hammer's ties to Soviet intelligence. Finder's first novel, The Moscow Club (1991), imagined a KGB coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. His second novel, Extraordinary Powers (1994), was about the discovery of a Soviet mole in the highest ranks of the CIA. Paranoia (2004) was a New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, as was Company Man (2005). Finder won the 2007 International Thriller Writers Award for best novel for Killer Instinct (St. Martin's Press), published in May 2006. Power Play, published in 2007, was nominated for a Gumshoe Award.Vanished, the first novel to feature Finder's series character Nick Heller, was nominated for the 2010 International Thriller Writers Award for best novel. Buried Secrets, the second Nick Heller novel, won the 2011 Strand Magazine Critics Award for Best Novel, sharing the award with The Cut by George Pelecanos. Suspicion (2014) was the first book to be published under Finder's new contract with Dutton, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; The Fixer, another standalone, followed in 2015. Guilty Minds, the third novel to feature Finder's series character, Nick Heller, was published in summer 2016. Another standalone novel, Judgment, was published in 2019. Dutton published the fourth Nick Heller novel, House on Fire, in 2020.Finder is a founding member of the International Thriller Writers Association and served as Financial Advisor to International PEN-New England. He is also a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. He writes on espionage and international affairs for publications including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Books Nick Heller series Vanished, ISBN 0-312-37908-0, 2009, paperback 2010 Buried Secrets, ISBN 978-0-312-37914-8, Summer 2011 "Plan B", 2011 "Good and Valuable Consideration", in Faceoff, ISBN 978-1-476-76207-4 (with Jack Reacher), September 2014 (co-written with Lee Child) Guilty Minds, ISBN 978-0-525-95462-0, July 2016 House on Fire, ISBN 978-1101985847, January 2020Other novels The Moscow Club, ISBN 0-330-31350-9 paperback 1991 (out of print) Extraordinary Powers, ISBN 0-7528-2651-4 paperback 1994 (out of print) The Zero Hour, ISBN 0-7528-2650-6 paperback 1996 (out of print) High Crimes, ISBN 0-380-72880-X paperback 1998 Paranoia, ISBN 0-312-94091-2 paperback 2004 Company Man (retitled No Hiding Place in UK), ISBN 0-312-93942-6 paperback 2005 Killer Instinct, ISBN 0-312-34747-2 (hardcover) 2006 Power Play, ISBN 0-312-34748-0 (hardcover) 2007 Suspicion, ISBN 0-525-95460-0 (hardcover) May 27, 2014 The Fixer, ISBN 9780525954613 (hardcover) June 9, 2015 The Switch, ISBN 9781101985786 (hardcover) June 13, 2017 Judgment, ISBN 9781101985823 (hardcover) January 29, 2019Nonfiction Red Carpet: The Connection Between the Kremlin and America's Most Powerful Businessmen. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1983)References External links Official website. Discover the Joseph Finder popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Joseph Finder books.

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  • Good and Valuable Consideration synopsis, comments

    Good and Valuable Consideration

    Lee Child & Joseph Finder

    In this short story from the thrilling anthology FaceOff, bestselling authors Lee Child and Joseph Finderalong with their popular series characters Jack Reacher and Nick Hellerteam...

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    On Target

    Mark Greaney

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney comes the second entry in the explosive thriller series featuring the lethal assassin known as the Gray Man.When an old comra...

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    Judgment

    Joseph Finder

    The Instant NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerNew York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder returns with an explosive new thriller about a female judge and the one personal miss...

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    Cut and Cover

    Kevin Hurley

    “A resounding character study just as much as it is an action novel, and both are equally triumphant.” Kirkus ReviewsTo most people, Maj. John Rexford is a retired Marine living in...

  • Suspicion synopsis, comments

    Suspicion

    Joseph Finder

    One bad choice gets a father caught up in a deadly situation in this electrifying thriller from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder. Single father Danny Goodman suddenl...

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    The Joseph Principles

    Steven K. Scott

    Has life gone the way you thought it would go? Have your senses of safety, security, and confidence been replaced with fear, doubt, anxiety, and even depression and despair? By fol...

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    Unveiling Grace

    Lynn K. Wilder

    A gripping story of how an entire family, deeply enmeshed in Mormonism for thirty years, found their way out and found faith in Jesus Christ.For thirty years, Lynn Wilder, once a t...

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    Buried Secrets

    Joseph Finder

    Joseph Finder introduced Nick Heller, a "private spy" who finds out things powerful people want to keep hidden, to widespread acclaim from the critics and wild enthusiasm from the ...

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    Restless

    Jennie Allen

    Do you live for something? Or do you feel like you're just waiting to find your purpose? Many of us feel restless, but that might not be a bad thing. When our restlessness awakens ...

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    Killer Instinct

    Joseph Finder

    Jason Steadman is a thirtyyearold sales executive living in Boston and working for an electronics giant, a competitor to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's wel...

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    High Crimes

    Joseph Finder

    From the New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder comes a fastpaced legal thriller, High Crimes Meet Claire Heller Chapman. A criminal defense attorney who's made a name for...

  • House on Fire synopsis, comments

    House on Fire

    Joseph Finder

    In New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder's electrifying new thriller, private investigator Nick Heller infiltrates a powerful wealthy family hiding so...

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    Inhuman Trafficking

    Mike Papantonio & Alan Russell

    A fastpaced thriller in the tradition of John Grisham, Joseph Finder, and John Lescroart               &#...

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    Ballistic

    Mark Greaney

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney presents the third Gray Man novel, featuring the exCIA assassin being hailed as “Bourne for the new millennium” (James Rollins).Af...

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    Paranoia and Company Man

    Joseph Finder

    From the New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder comes two thrilling novels in a discounted ebook bundle, Paranoia and Company ManPARANOIAAdam Cassidy is twentysix and a lo...

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    Guilty Minds

    Joseph Finder

    New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder delivers an exhilarating and timely thriller exploring how even the most powerful among us can be brought down by a carefully crafte...

  • FaceOff synopsis, comments

    FaceOff

    David Baldacci & Lee Child

    An instant New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller and “a thriller reader’s ultimate fantasy” (Booklist), this oneofakind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from ...

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    The Switch

    Joseph Finder

    A simple mix up throws an innocent man into the crosshairs of sinister government secrets and ruthless political ambitions in this timely, electrifying thriller from New York ...