A. J. Quinnell

A J Quinnell was raised in East Africa. At the age of twenty he went to the far East and became a trader, travelling extensively throughout Asia. In 1979 he moved to Malta where he lived until he died in 2005. His widow is the well-known Danish author Elsebeth Egholm.

Quinnell’s books have been sold in 150 countries, and in 2004 ‘Man on Fire’ was turned into a movie by Universal Studios, starring Denzel Washington and a young Dakota Fanning.