Jack Henderson is an
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thriller
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writer. He writes the series of novels featuring
hacker John Fagan, aka phr33k, and
FBI agent Jeannie Reese.
Biography
Henderson was born in
Springfield, Missouri on October 3, 1958 and was brought up in
Buffalo, Missouri.
Henderson did not complete a university degree, although he did complete two years of
further education
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in
Performing Arts
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before leaving college to work in regional theatre.
While finding work in this capacity in
New York City, Henderson started writing technical documentation for the medical industry, requiring him to perform a great deal of research into the topics discussed.
Henderson has stated that he put in "nearly a year of research and fact-finding" before starting to write his first novel, ''Maximum Impact'' (known as ''Circumference of Darkness'' in the US).
He has since written a follow-up novel, ''Seven Seconds'', and ghost-wrote the book ''
The Overton Window'' for
political commentator Glenn Beck
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.
''The Overton Window'' contains marked similarities to ''Circumference of Darkness''.
Bibliography
The John Fagan series
* ''Maximum Impact'' (2007,
Sphere) (aka ''Circumference of Darkness'' (
Bantam) in the US)
* ''Seven Seconds'' (2009,
Sphere)
Other works
* ''
The Overton Window'' (2010,
Threshold
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Architecture
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Media
* ''Threshold'' (1981 film)
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)
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
American thriller writers
Writers from Springfield, Missouri
People from Buffalo, Missouri
Novelists from New York City
American male novelists
Novelists from Missouri