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David Baldacci

出生: August 05, 1960 – Richmond, Virginia, United States

David Baldacci is an American novelist known for legal, political, and crime thrillers centered on conspiracy, justice, and national security. His notable books include Absolute Power, the Camel Club series, and Memory Man. A longtime bestseller, his work has sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than 45 languages.

传记与作者历程

David Baldacci grew up in Virginia and has described writing as a habit that began in childhood, first encouraged by a notebook his mother handed him and then pursued seriously in high school. A Richmond-area native, he earned a political science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and a law degree from the University of Virginia, then spent roughly a decade in Washington, D.C., as a trial and corporate lawyer. That legal training sharpened his sense that stories turn on precision, persuasion, and the weight of a single word, ideas he has later said shaped both his courtroom work and his fiction. ((https://www.davidbaldacci.com/landing-page/david-baldacci-about/))

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名言

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As a writer, you can never ‘turn off’ your passion for the written word and love of a great story
-David Baldacci FAQ
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When you’re naturally curious you uncover storylines everywhere
-David Baldacci FAQ
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Write about what interests you rather than about what you know. Otherwise, you’ll get bored quickly. Writing is hard; it’s easy to give up. Stick with it!
-David Baldacci FAQ
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I write because I can't not write
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I've never seen it as a job and I don't think I ever will
-The Kojo Nnamdi Show: The Escape
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The audience I write for is me
-The Kojo Nnamdi Show: The Escape
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Again, I know no damsels in distress
-Between the Covers
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So books really allowed me to become the person who I am
-Between the Covers
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If more people went to the library and more people read books, what a far better world we would have
-Between the Covers
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I wanted to write about the Library from a unique perspective, that of an insider
-Mr. Baldacci Goes To the Library

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