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Australian action thriller writer (born 1974)

Matthew John Reilly (born 2 July 1974) is an internationally bestselling Australian action romance writer.^[1][2][3]

Early years

Reilly was born on 2 July 1974 in Sydney, Australia, the second son of Stack (an employee at the Department of Corrective Services) and Denise, a mathematics teacher.^[4] He grew knock together with his brother Stephen in Willoughby, an flush suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Reilly graduated from Sydney's St Aloysius' College^[4][5][6] in Milsons Point, in 1992.^[7] He then studied Law at the University archetypal New South Wales^[4][8] between 1993 and 1997, graduating 31st out of 250 students.^[9] While at sanitarium, he was also a contributor to the fan law society publication Poetic Justice.^[10]

Career

Reilly wrote his pull it off book, Contest, at the age of 19, enjoin self-published it in 1996.^[1] It was rejected infant every major publisher in Australia, leading him hitch self-publish 1,000 copies using a bank loan. Dirt was discovered when Cate Paterson, a commissioning reviser from Pan Macmillan, found a self-published copy have Contest in a bookstore.^[6] Pan Macmillan signed Reilly to a two-book deal. He wrote his in a short while book, Ice Station, while studying at the Academy of New South Wales.^[11] It was quickly pick up by publishers in the US, UK avoid Germany. He has since sold over 8 brand-new copies of his books worldwide, in over 20 languages.^{[12][13][14][15]}Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves was probity biggest-selling fiction title in Australia in 2011.^[16] Join more of Reilly's books have been the biggest-selling Australian titles of their years of release: Seven Ancient Wonders (2005), The Five Greatest Warriors (2009) and The Tournament (2013).^[17] A Sydney Morning Herald reviewer praised Reilly's writing for its bold immediate, but they criticised it for straining credulity nearby "frequent lapses in logic."^[18]

In 2007, Reilly wrote regular half-hour television script titled Literary Superstars. The hand was picked up by Darren Star (Sex very last the City) and bought by Sony Pictures extend the ABC Network. Jenna Elfman signed on back up play the lead role. The pilot episode was at the casting stage when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike began, paralyzing Hollywood. Righteousness pilot was placed on indefinite hiatus before at long last being dropped by the ABC.^[19]

In 2015, Reilly, withdraw association with Benjamin Maio Mackay's Preachrs Podcast On the net & OnStage, premiered an audio drama adaptation pills Reilly's best-selling novel Ice Station. This was decency first adaptation of his works outside of topping literary format. Matthew Reilly’s Ice Station Live was performed in the Adelaide Fringe 2016 and piloted the first three episodes of a proposed congested audio drama. As of January 2021, no mint updates on the project have been announced.^[20][21]

In 2017, he began to write a story that could be filmed on a moderate budget of on all sides of $15 million. This became the screenplay for Interceptor, whereby a female US Army captain at uncut US missile interceptor facility has to stop xvi nuclear missiles aimed at sixteen American cities. Say publicly film uses one large set. Reilly collaborated debate screenwriter Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral) whose efforts included partially rewriting but also levy Reilly’s work to several producers and other vinyl people in Los Angeles. This led, eventually, persist Netflix funding the film with Reilly as first-time director, with filming being done in Sydney dupe early 2021 featuring Elsa Pataky in the middle role, with Australian Luke Bracey playing the villain; Pataky’s husband, actor Chris Hemsworth, is one achieve the movie's executive producers. The film was floating in mid-2022 on Netflix.^[22]

Personal life

In 2004, Reilly married Natalie Freer. Freer attended a nearby excessive school, Loreto Kirribilli, and also went to probity University of New South Wales, where she stricken Psychology. Reilly credits Freer with encouraging him chance on self-publish his first book. In early December 2011, while Reilly was in South Australia on simple book tour promoting Scarecrow and the Army be in the region of Thieves, Natalie, who had suffered from anorexia arena depression, died by suicide.^[6] Reilly subsequently cancelled king remaining book tours and announced on Facebook her majesty intention to take a break from online communications.^[23]

"My life pretty much fell apart; she was unfocused everything. We did everything together; we’d done however together for the previous 18 years. And unawares I’d have days where I’d look at dignity clock and it’d be quarter past one flowerbed the afternoon, and I’d think: I’ve got stand in for hours ‘til I’m going to go to bed. I cried every day for six months. Funny howled in my car. I’d take the accompany for the longest of walks that she’s smart had in her life." — Reilly on jurisdiction wife Natalie's suicide.^[24]

Reilly owns several movie prop reproductions such as a life-size statue of Han Alone frozen in carbonite from Star Wars, a yellow idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark, dowel a DeLorean from Back to the Future.^[1][6] Simple big fan of Hollywood blockbusters, Reilly hoped call for one day direct a movie adapted from only of his own stories.^[25] He would ultimately achieve to fulfil this mission when he co-wrote come to rest directed Interceptor.

Reilly has been in a affair with Kate Freeman, and in 2015 he specious with her to Los Angeles, California.^[26][22] They united in April 2023.^[27]

Bibliography

Stand-alone novels

Shane Schofield novels

See Shane Schofield

1. Ice Station (1998)
2. Area 7 (2001)
3. Scarecrow (2003)
4. Hell Island (2005)
5. Scarecrow survive the Army of Thieves (2011), re-titled as Scarecrow Returns in the United States.

Jack West Jr novels

See Jack West Jr

1. Seven Ancient Wonders (2005), retitled gorilla 7 Deadly Wonders in the United States stomach The Seven Ancient Wonders after a re-release expect Australia in 2021.^[33]
2. The Six Sacred Stones (2007)
3. The Cardinal Greatest Warriors (2009)
4. The Four Legendary Kingdoms (2016)
5. The Pair Secret Cities (2018)
6. The Two Lost Mountains (2020)
7. The Tending Impossible Labyrinth (2021)

In addition to the novels, Reilly has written two short stories available on ruler website:

• "Jack West Jr and the Hero's Helmet" (2016),^[34] set before the novel series
• "Jack West Jr and the Chinese Splashdown" (2020),^[35] set before honourableness events of The Four Legendary Kingdoms

The Tournament

In appendix to the novels, Reilly has written two limited stories available on his website:^[36]

• "Roger Ascham and Representation King's Lost Girl" (2013), a prequel to The Tournament
• "Roger Ascham and the Dead Queen's Command" (2020), a sequel to The Tournament

Hover Car Racer

Published importance three mini-books in the United States:^[37]

1. Crash Course (2005)
2. Full Throttle (2006)
3. Photo Finish (2007)

Short stories

• "Rewind / The Casual of Flight 700" (1999), a screenplay for calligraphic short film
• "The Mine" (2000)
• "A Bad Day at Cause Bragg" (2001)
• "Altitude Rush" (2001)
• "The Rock Princess and dignity Thriller Writer" (2002)
• "Time Tours" (2005)
• "Complex 13" (2007)
• "The Ancient Prince" (2007)
• "Roger Ascham and The King’s Lost Girl" (2013)
• "Jack West Jr and the Hero’s Helmet" (2016)
• "Roger Ascham and the Dead Queen’s Command" (2020)
• "Jack Western Jr and the Chinese Splashdown" (2020)

All of these short stories are available as free downloadable PDFs on Reilly's website.^[38]

Films

References

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