Geoffrey Archer (writer)

Geoffrey Archer (born 1944) is a British writer of fiction from London. He specialises in military adventures and spy thrillers and created the character Sam Packer.

Career

Geoffrey Archer was born and grew up in north London and had an interest in fiction and drama from an early age.^[1] He attended Highgate School.^[2]

After several false starts in his choice of career, Geoffrey Archer moved into journalism. He started with a local television station in Southampton as a trainee researcher, then moved first to Anglia TV in Norwich and then to Tyne-Tees TV in Newcastle as an on-screen journalist. He started as a reporter with ITN in 1969. He covered the troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and the civil war in Beirut in 1976, was allowed to travel with a Polaris nuclear submarine, and eventually became Defence Correspondent for ITN. These experiences prompted him to begin writing stories with military and spy themes.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995 Archer left ITN to concentrate on writing full-time. In 1998 his novel Fire Hawk was short-listed for the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Geoffrey Archer lives on Kew Green in Kew, London. He and his wife Eva have two children.^[3]

Books

1988 – Sky Dancer
1989 – Shadow Hunter
1993 – Eagle Trap
1995 – Scorpion Trail
1997 – Java Spider
1998 – Fire Hawk
2001 – The Lucifer Network
2002 – The Burma Legacy
2004 – Dark Angel

References

^ Archer, Geoffrey " Biography" Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. The website of novelist Geoffrey Archer. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ Hughes, Patrick. Highgate School Register 1833-1988 (7th ed.). p. 321.
^ Brockes, Emma (23 July 2001). "Archer: the interview". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

External links

Official website
Brockes, Emma (23 July 2001). "Archer: the interview". The Guardian .

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[1] Archer, Geoffrey " Biography" Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. The website of novelist Geoffrey Archer. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

[HSR-2] Hughes, Patrick. Highgate School Register 1833-1988 (7th ed.). p. 321.

[3] Brockes, Emma (23 July 2001). "Archer: the interview". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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