James Siegel (born 1954) is an American
thriller novelist
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. He holds a
B.A.
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from the
York College 1977, City University of New York, and lives in Manhattan and Sag Harbor, NY.
Siegel worked for many years as an advertising executive in New York City, with writing credits from the "Yo,
Yao" ad that aired during
Super Bowl XXXVII
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, and was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of
BBDO
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New York. Since leaving commercial advertising in 2006, he has been responsible for many political advertisements from
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was the 54th governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation in 2008.
Spitzer was b ...
's gubernatorial campaign in New York in 2006 to
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
's Presidential campaign in 2008. He continues to work in politics today.
The movie ''
Derailed'', a film based on his 2003 novel
of the same name, was released on October 21, 2005. The novel was also adapted as the
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
film
Pachaikili Muthucharam
''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It is based on the 2005 British-American thriller film '' Derailed''. The film stars Sarathkumar and Jyothika, while Andrea J ...
.
In 2009, Siegel teamed up with stem cell advocate
Brooke Ellison
Brooke Mackenzie Ellison (born October 20, 1978) is an American politician. She is known for being the first quadriplegic to graduate from Harvard University.
History
On September 4, 1990, at the age of 11, Brooke was hit by a car while walking ...
and directed the award-winning documentary "Hope Deferred".
Boston Film Festival Winners
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In September 2013, Siegel married Laura Miller and lives with his two sons, Sander and Zachary.
Bibliography
*''Epitaph'' (2001)
*'' Derailed'' (2003)
*''Detour'' (2005)
*''Deceit'' (2006)
*''Storyteller'' (2011)
References
External links
James Siegel biography
Living people
York College, City University of New York alumni
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American thriller writers
American documentary film directors
21st-century American male writers
1954 births
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