David Baldacci

David Baldacci was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He is of Italian descent. He graduated from Henrico High School and earned a B.A. in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, after which he practiced law for nine years in Washington, D.C.

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Baldacci began writing stories as a child, when his mother gave him a notebook in which to record them.{{cite news |title=Backstage: David Baldacci and Jodi Picoult |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/10/21/backstage-david-baldacci-and-jodi-picoult/ |publisher=Yale Daily News |date=October 21, 2011}} He wrote for more than two decades, penning short stories and later screenplays without much success.{{cite news |last1=Gresham |first1=Tom |title=David Baldacci once wrote stories in secret at VCU. Now he has millions of around the world. |url=https://news.vcu.edu/article/DavidBaldacci_once_wrote_stories_in_secret_at_VCU_Now_he_has |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University |date=December 11, 2019}}

While practicing law, he turned to novel writing, taking three years to write Absolute Power.{{cite news |last1=Lavin |first1=Cheryl |title=Diary of a Best Seller |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-02-06-9602060114-story.html |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=February 6, 1996}} Published in 1996, it was an international best-seller. To date, Baldacci has published 50 novels for adults as well as seven novels for younger readers.

Baldacci lives in Fairfax County, Virginia, with his family. He has a daughter and a son.{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2007/08/01/mystery-man-david-baldacci/ | title=Mystery Man: David Baldacci - Washingtonian | date=August 2007 }}

Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, founded the Wish You Well Foundation,{{cite web|url=http://www.wishyouwellfoundation.org|title=Home|website=Wish You Well Foundation}} which works to combat illiteracy in the United States by funding adult literacy programs.{{cite web |url= http://www.virginialiving.com/arts-events/david-baldacci/ |title=David Baldacci |last=Alison Bonaguru |website=Virginia Living |year=2013 |access-date=May 17, 2013}} Baldacci became involved with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society after his sister, author Sharon Baldacci, was diagnosed with MS.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmssociety.org/online-community/personal-stories/david-baldacci/index.aspx |title=David Baldacci |website=National MS Society |year=2013 |quote=author Sharon Baldacci was diagnosed with MS. |access-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517055211/http://www.nationalmssociety.org/online-community/personal-stories/david-baldacci/index.aspx |archive-date=May 17, 2012 }} In 2008 the Foundation partnered with Feeding America to launch Feeding Body & Mind.

Baldacci has served for more than a decade on the board of trustees of the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. In 2019, he donated $1 million to the home.{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/novelist-david-baldacci-gifts-1m-mark-twain-home-64290550 |title=Novelist David Baldacci gifts $1M to Mark Twain home |website=ABC News |date=12 July 2019 |access-date=28 May 2022}}

Baldacci's first novel, Absolute Power, tells the story of a fictional American president and his Secret Service agents who are willing to commit murder in order to cover up the accidental death of a woman with whom the President was having an affair. It was adapted as a film, Absolute Power (1997), starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman.

Baldacci wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his novel Wish You Well; the movie was shot on location in southwest Virginia with Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn, Josh Lucas, and Mackenzie Foy in the lead roles.

Baldacci was a consulting producer on King & Maxwell, a TNT television series based on his characters Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn starred.

The Christmas Train, Baldacci's eighth novel, was adapted in 2017 by Hallmark Channel as a Hallmark Hall of Fame feature presentation. The TV movie starred Dermot Mulroney, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Danny Glover and Joan Cusack and was directed by Ron Oliver.

Baldacci's novel One Summer was adapted in 2021 for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and starred Sam Page, Sarah Drew and Amanda Schull.

Baldacci's novels have been published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with over 130 million worldwide sales as of 2018.{{cite news |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/02/27/david-baldacci-39-clues-smithsonian/1920513/ |title=David Baldacci clues kids in to Smithsonian's treasures |work=USA Today |date= February 27, 2013|publisher=Gannett |location=McLean, VA |issn=0734-7456 |access-date=17 May 2013 |first1=Carol |last1=Memmott}}

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1. Split Second (2003)
2. Hour Game (2004)
3. Simple Genius (2007)
4. First Family (2009)
5. The Sixth Man (2011)
6. King and Maxwell (2013)

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1. The Camel Club (2005)
2. The Collectors (2006)
3. Stone Cold (2007)
4. Divine Justice (2008)
5. Hell's Corner (2010)

Shaw is an enigmatic intelligence operative.

1. The Whole Truth (2008)
2. Deliver Us From Evil (2010)

Puller is a US Army veteran and CID military investigator.

1. Zero Day (2011)
2. The Forgotten (2012)
3. The Escape (2014)
4. No Man's Land (2016)
5. Daylight (2020, Atlee Pine crossover)

Robie is a seasoned and highly skilled hitman.

1. The Innocent (2012)
2. The Hit (2013)
3. The Target (2014)
4. The Guilty (2015)
5. End Game (2017)

Decker is a veteran police detective turned FBI consultant. He has hyperthymesia which has left him with perfect recall.

1. Memory Man (2015)
2. The Last Mile (2016)
3. The Fix (2017)
4. The Fallen (2018)
5. Redemption (2019)
6. Walk The Wire (2020)
7. Long Shadows (2022){{Cite book |url=https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/david-baldacci/long-shadows/9781538719794/ |title=Long Shadows |date=2022-02-07 |isbn=978-1-5387-1979-4 |language=en-US|last1=Baldacci |first1=David |publisher=Grand Central }}

An FBI agent searching for her abducted sister.

1. Long Road to Mercy (2018)
2. A Minute to Midnight (2019)
3. Daylight (2020, John Puller crossover)
4. Mercy (2021){{Cite book|last=Baldacci|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhgiEAAAQBAJ|title=Mercy|date=2021-11-16|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=978-1-5387-1969-5|language=en}}

1. One Good Deed (2019)
2. A Gambling Man (2021)
3. Dream Town (2022){{Cite book|url=https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/david-baldacci/dream-town/9781538719749/|title=Dream Town|date=2021-08-03|isbn=978-1-5387-1974-9|language=en-US|last1=Baldacci |first1=David |publisher=Grand Central }}

1. The 6:20 Man (2022){{Cite book |url=https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/david-baldacci/the-620-man/9781538719879/ |title=The 6:20 Man |date=2021-11-08 |isbn=978-1-5387-1987-9 |language=en-US|last1=Baldacci |first1=David |publisher=Grand Central }}
2. The Edge (2023){{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-baldacci/the-edge/9781538719916/?lens=grand-central-publishing |title=The Edge |date=2023-02-06 |isbn=978-1-5387-1991-6 |language=en-US |last1=Baldacci |first1=David |publisher=Grand Central }}
3. To Die For (2024){{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-baldacci/to-die-for/9781538757901/?lens=grand-central-publishing |title=To Die For |date=2024-03-04 |isbn=978-1-5387-5790-1 |language=en-US |last1=Baldacci |first1=David |publisher=Grand Central }}

1. Simply Lies (2023){{Cite web |title=Simply Lies by David Baldacci - 9781529062014 |url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/david-baldacci/simply-lies/9781529062014 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=www.panmacmillan.com |language=en}}

• Absolute Power (1996)
• Total Control (1997)
• The Winner (1998)
• The Simple Truth (1998)
• Saving Faith (1999)
• Wish You Well (2001)
• Last Man Standing (2001)
• The Christmas Train (2003)
• True Blue (2009)
• One Summer (2011)
• A Calamity of Souls (2024){{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-baldacci/a-calamity-of-souls/9781538765050/?lens=grand-central-publishing |title=A Calamity of Souls |date=2023-09-04 |isbn=978-1-5387-6505-0 |language=en-US |last1=Baldacci |first1=David |publisher=Grand Central }}
• Strangers in Time (2025) {{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-baldacci/strangers-in-time/9781538742051/?lens=grand-central-publishing |title=Strangers in Time |date=2024-08-05 |isbn=978-1-5387-4205-1 |language=en-US}}

• Waiting for Santa (short story) (2002)
• No Time Left (short story) (2012)
• Bullseye (short story) Will Robie / Camel Club (2014)
• The Mighty Johns also known as The Final Play (novella) (2021){{Cite web|title=The Final Play - Pan Macmillan AU|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760985714|access-date=2021-07-23|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|language=en-AU}}

1. Freddy and the French Fries: Fries Alive! (Little, Brown and Company, 2005), Baldacci's debut novel for young readers
2. Freddy and the French Fries: The Mystery of Silas Finklebean (Little, Brown and Company, 2006)

• Day of Doom (Scholastic Publishing, 2013), Book 6 in the "Cahills vs. Vespers" series of The 39 Clues books

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1. The Finisher (Scholastic Press, 2014), published in the U.K. as The Secrets of Sorcery
2. The Keeper (Scholastic Press, 2015), published in the U.K. as The Maze of Monsters
3. The Width of the World (Scholastic Press, 2017), published in the U.K. as The Rebels' Revolt
4. The Stars Below (Scholastic Press, 2019), published in the U.K. as The End of Time

• Absolute Power (1997 film), starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, and Ed Harris
• King & Maxwell (2013 TV series), starring Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn
• Wish You Well (2013 film), starring Mackenzie Foy, Josh Lucas, and Ellen Burstyn
• The Christmas Train (2017 film), starring Dermot Mulroney, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Danny Glover and Joan Cusack
• One Summer (2021 film), starring Sam Page, Sarah Drew and Amanda Schull

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• [http://davidbaldacci.com/ Official website]
• {{IMDb name|id=0049641|name=David Baldacci}}
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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050810010850/http://freddyandthefrenchfries.com/ Freddy and the French Fries] website
• [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9291.David_Baldacci David Baldacci at site Goodreads.com]

• [http://www.newsweek.com/id/190339 Profile] in Newsweek, March 2009
• [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/modernsignedbooks/2016/10/21/msb--david-baldacci-remarks-on-his-latest-novel-no-mans-land Modern Signed Books BlogTalkRadio Interview with Rodger Nichols about No Man's Land October 2016]
• [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/modernsignedbooks/2018/04/25/modern-signed-books--david-baldacci-the-fallen Modern Signed Books] interviews David Baldacci, May 2018

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