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Matthew John Reilly (born 2 July 1974) is an internationally bestselling Australian action thriller writer. Early years Reilly was born on 2 July 1974 in Sydney, Australia, the second son of Ray (an employee at the Department of Corrective Services) and Denise, a mathematics teacher. He grew up with his brother Stephen in Willoughby, an affluent suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Reilly graduated from Sydney's St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point, in 1992. He then studied Law at the University of New South Wales between 1993 and 1997, graduating 31st out of 250 students. While at university, he was also a contributor to the student law society publication Poetic Justice. Career Reilly wrote his first book, Contest, at the age of 19, and self-published it in 1996. It was rejected by every major publisher in Australia, leading him to self-publish 1,000 copies using a bank loan. He was discovered when Cate Paterson, a commissioning editor from Pan Macmillan, found a self-published copy of Contest in a bookstore. Pan Macmillan signed Reilly to a two-book deal. He wrote his second book, Ice Station, while studying at the University of New South Wales. It was quickly picked up by publishers in the US, UK and Germany. He has since sold over 8 million copies of his books worldwide, in over 20 languages. Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves was the biggest-selling fiction title in Australia in 2011. Three more of Reilly's books have been the biggest-selling Australian titles of their years of release: Seven Ancient Wonders (2005), The Five Greatest Warriors (2009) and The Tournament (2013). A Sydney Morning Herald reviewer praised Reilly's writing for its bold action, but they criticized it for straining credulity and "frequent lapses in logic." In 2007, Reilly wrote a half-hour television script titled Literary Superstars. The script was picked up by Darren Star (Sex and the City) and bought by Sony Pictures for the ABC Network. Jenna Elfman signed on to play the lead role. The pilot episode was at the casting stage when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike began, paralyzing Hollywood. The pilot was placed on indefinite hiatus before ultimately being dropped by the ABC. In 2015, Reilly, in association with Benjamin Maio Mackay's Preachrs Podcast OnLine & OnStage, premiered an audio drama adaptation of Reilly's best-selling novel Ice Station. This was the first adaptation of his works outside of a literary format. Matthew Reilly’s Ice Station Live was performed in the Adelaide Fringe 2016 and piloted the first three episodes of a proposed full audio drama. As of January 2021, no further updates on the project have been announced. In 2017, he began to write a story that could be filmed on a moderate budget of around $15 million. This became the screenplay for Interceptor, whereby a female US Army captain at a US missile interceptor facility has to stop sixteen nuclear missiles aimed at sixteen American cities. The film uses one large set. Reilly collaborated with screenwriter Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral) whose efforts included partially rewriting but also introducing Reilly’s work to several producers and other film people in Los Angeles. This led, eventually, to Netflix funding the film with Reilly as first-time director, with filming being done in Sydney in early 2021 featuring Elsa Pataky in the lead role, with Australian Luke Bracey playing the villain; Pataky’s husband, actor Chris Hemsworth, is one of the movie's executive producers. The film was released in mid-2022 on Netflix. Personal life In 2004, Reilly married Natalie Freer. Freer attended a nearby high school, Loreto Kirribilli, and also went to the University of New South Wales, where she studied Psychology. Reilly credits Freer with encouraging him to self-publish his first book. In early December 2011, while Reilly was in South Australia on a book tour promoting Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves, Natalie, who had suffered from anorexia and depression, died by suicide. Reilly subsequently cancelled his remaining book tours and announced on Facebook his intention to take a break from online communications."My life pretty much fell apart; she was my everything. We did everything together; we’d done everything together for the previous 18 years. And suddenly I’d have days where I’d look at the clock and it’d be quarter past one in the afternoon and I’d think ‘I’ve got ten hours ‘til I’m going to go to bed’. I cried every day for six months. I howled in my car. I’d take the dog for the longest of walks that she’s ever had in her life." — Reilly on his wife Natalie's suicide.Reilly owns several movie prop reproductions such as a life-size statue of Han Solo frozen in carbonite from Star Wars, a golden idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and a DeLorean from Back to the Future. A big fan of Hollywood blockbusters, Reilly hoped to one day direct a movie adapted from one of his own stories. He would ultimately get to fulfil this mission when he co-wrote and directed Interceptor. Reilly has been in a relationship with Kate Freeman, and in 2015 moved with her to Los Angeles, California. They married in April 2023. Bibliography Stand-alone novels Contest (1996; republished in 2000) Temple (1999) Troll Mountain (2014) The Great Zoo of China (2014) The Secret Runners of New York (2019) Cobalt Blue (2022) Mr Einstein's Secretary (2023) Shane Schofield novels See Shane Schofield Ice Station (1998) Area 7 (2001) Scarecrow (2003) Hell Island (2005) Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves (2011), re-titled as Scarecrow Returns in the United States. Jack West Jr novels See Jack West Jr Seven Ancient Wonders (2005), retitled as 7 Deadly Wonders in the United States and The Seven Ancient Wonders after a re-release in Australia in 2021. The Six Sacred Stones (2007) The Five Greatest Warriors (2009) The Four Legendary Kingdoms (2016) The Three Secret Cities (2018) The Two Lost Mountains (2020) The One Impossible Labyrinth (2021) In addition to the novels, Reilly has written two short stories available on his website: "Jack West Jr and the Hero's Helmet" (2016), set before the novel series "Jack West Jr and the Chinese Splashdown" (2020), set before the events of The Four Legendary Kingdoms The Tournament The Tournament (2013), set in the year 1546. In addition to the novels, Reilly has written two short stories available on his website: "Roger Ascham and The King's Lost Girl" (2013), a prequel to The Tournament "Roger Ascham and the Dead Queen's Command" (2020), a sequel to The Tournament Hover Car Racer Hover Car Racer (2004) Published as three mini-books in the United States: Crash Course (2005) Full Throttle (2006) Photo Finish (2007) Short stories "Rewind / The Fate of Flight 700" (1999), a screenplay for a short film "The Mine" (2000) "A Bad Day at Fort Bragg" (2001) "Altitude Rush" (2001) "The Rock Princess and the Thriller Writer" (2002) "Time Tours" (2.... Discover the Matthew Reilly popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Matthew Reilly books.
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A Taste of Amber
Penny BirchExpelled from school for spanking a head mistress, Amber Oakley finds herself in disgrace and is sent to work on a farm. Introduced to the strange delights of the world of ponygirl...
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In My Wildest Dreams
Leslie ThomasFrom Barnardo boy to original virgin soldier; from apprentice journalist in London's Fleet Street to famous novelist...At times funny, at times sad, but always honest and utterly c...
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Ice Station
Matthew ReillyA fastpaced thriller from bestselling author Matthew Reilly, Ice Station.Antarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and ...
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Stand and Deliver
Helena RavenscroftIt is 1745, and Lydia Hawkesworth feels torn between her love for highwayman Drummond and her passion for his decadent younger brother Valerian. With the arrival at Hawkesworth Man...
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The Lightning Stones
Jack Du BrulWhat was Amelia Earhart carrying on her final flight? The adventure begins two thousand feet beneath the surface of the Earth.Philip Mercer, a preeminent geologist with a tast...
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Flash Point
Matt Croucher GCDan Coldrain is a former elite Royal Marine Commando haunted by the death of his best mate Reese, killed in action by enemy forces. Coldrain used to believe in honour, service, and...
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Tight White Cotton
Penny BirchThirteen girls relate their filthy experiences with spanking fanatic Percy Ottershawm, from his headmaster's daughter to Penny herself.From 1950 to 2000, his life was dedicated to ...
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Deadline
Terence J. QuinnThe truth can be a deadly weapon … An incendiary political thriller set in the dogeatdog world of tabloid journalism. Journalist Jonno Bligh is headhunted to London by Russian...
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The Two Lost Mountains
Matthew ReillyNo. 1 bestselling action author Matthew Reilly continues his explosive Jack West series. New novel The One Impossible Labyrinth is out now. AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY BUT AT A TERRIBLE...
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The Last Days of Jesus
Bill O'ReillyTwo thousand years ago, Jesus walked across Galilee; everywhere he traveled he gained followers. His contemporaries are familiar historical figures: Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus,...
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Covenant
Dean CrawfordIT’S THE BIGGEST DISCOVERY IN HISTORY . . . BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS MAN WAS NEVER MEANT TO KNOW. When archaeologist Lucy Morgan uncovers a seventhousandyearold tomb holding remai...
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Pack Matthew Reilly
Matthew ReillyContiene: 1. Área 7. 2. La lista de los doce .3 Antártida: estación polar.
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Astrid, The Au-Pair From Outer Space
Emily SmithWhen Harry's mum tells him they are going to get an au pair, he isn't quite sure what it means. When he finds out it's a girl to help look after him and baby brother, F...
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Unsinkable
Dan JamesA DOOMED VOYAGEApril 14th 1912. The maiden voyage of the world's most luxurious passenger liner, Titanic. A DARK PASTEach passenger has their own reason to make the crossing, but f...
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Bad Becky
Gervase PhinnBad Becky is cheeky, opinionated and always in some kind of trouble. But you can't help loving her! I mean wouldn't you rather hear a story about a princess who gets gobbled up by ...
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The One Impossible Labyrinth
Matthew ReillyTHE END IS HEREJack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth.Now he faces one last raceagainst multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itselfa headl...
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The Palace of Eros
Delver MaddingleyThe glamorous world of erotic publishing is the setting for the Captain's latest salacious venture, and, as ever, he enters into it with gusto. But the Jack of all trades can't do ...
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Captains Courageous
Rudyard KiplingHarvey Cheyne is the overindulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner her is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins ...
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Scarecrow Returns
Matthew ReillyFrom the internationally bestselling author, the fourth novel in the thrilling Scarecrow series featuring “some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thriller in a...
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The Black Masque
Lisette AshtonThe ceremonies of the black masque are magnificent events steeped in an erotic blend of vampire myth and fantasy. The depravity of these rituals is boundless and each rite culminat...
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The Secret Runners
Matthew ReillyGossip Girl meets Mad Max in this breakneck thriller where the line between rich and poor is the line between life and death.You can't buy your way out of the end of the world in t...
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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans
Christian CameronFollowing on from Tom Swan and the Head of St George and Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade, Tom Swan and the Last Spartans is the third instalment of the fastpaced series set in t...
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Western Star
Roxanne CarrIt is 1851. Maribel wants to see the Wild West; Dan is the frontiersman into whose care she is entrusted. Her campaign to seduce Dan is interrupted by her dalliance with a US caval...
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter
Christian CameronTHE BRAND NEW ADVENTURE FROM 'THE MASTER OF HISTORICAL FICTION' (SUNDAY TIMES)TOM SWAN SOLDIER, SCHOLAR, BASTARD, SPY.Tom Swan and his friends are trying to save Europe from the T...
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Raising Atlantis
Thomas GreaniasExperience the first “outrageous adventure with a wild dose of the supernatural” (Clive Cussler, New York Times bestselling author) in the New York Times bestselling Atlantis trilo...
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Gridlock
Ben EltonGridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice. How did it com...
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The Correction Of An Essex Maid
Yolanda CelbridgeInnocent orphan Sophia joins the House of Rodings, a maid's training school deep in the Essex countryside, where she meets a cast of submissive and dominant females, all adorin...
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Tom Swan and the Head of St George
Christian Cameron1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive.He's not a professional soldier. He's really a me...
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Kill Me Once
Jon OsborneNathan Stiedowe is seeking perfection and he has been learning from the best. Recreating some of the most sickening murders in history, his objective appears chillingly simple, bu...
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The Great Zoo of China
Matthew ReillyNow in massmarketthe actionpacked thriller in the blockbuster and bestselling tradition of Jurassic Park from #1 internationally bestselling author Matthew Reilly!It is a secret th...
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Executive Action
Richard DoyleJack Meade wakes in a hospital bed. The doctors tell him he has been in the sea for two days that he is lucky to be alive. His face is so salt ravaged he barely recognises himself...
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The Sacred Scroll
Anton GillConstantinople 1204: the holy city is razed to the ground by Crusaders the streets awash with blood. Modern day Istanbul: an elite group of archaeologists uncover the grave of Enr...
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Cobalt Blue
Matthew ReillyFor 35 years, the United States and Russia each had their own superhero.Three days ago, America's hero died.Today will be bad.In the face of an overwhelming attack, one young woman...
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Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade
Christian CameronFollowing on from Tom Swan and the Head of St George, Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade is the next instalment of the fastpaced series set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth...
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Until the Darkness Comes
Kevin BrooksPI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won't let go. But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of ...
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Father Brown Stories
G. K. ChestertonImmortalized in these famous stories, G. K. Chesterton's endearing amateur sleuth has entertained countless generations of readers. For, as his admirers know, Father Brown's cherub...
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The Inside Man
James PhelpsHe's the only one who can stop a massacre ... The unputdownable action thriller from Australia's no.1 true crime writer.Riley Jax, convicted murderer. Once a promising engineer in ...