I Am Pilgrim (95 page)

Authors: Terry Hayes

Finally, to Kristen, my wife – my best friend, my sounding-board, my companion on every step of

this journey – thank you. She listened to countless bad ideas, knew how to bury them gently, and always recognized the good ones when I was fortunate enough to have them. The mistakes in the book

are all mine but whatever is good in it is due in enormous measure to her. I could never have done it without Kris’s unstinting help, counsel and encouragement.
I Am Pilgrim
is dedicated, with love, to her.

About the Author

Terry Hayes
is a former journalist and screen-writer. Born in Sussex, he migrated to Australia as a child and trained as a journalist at the country’s leading broadsheet. At twenty-one he was appointed North American correspondent, based in New York, and after two years returned to Sydney to become an investigative reporter, political correspondent and columnist.

He resigned to produce a prominent current-affairs radio programme and a short time later, with George Miller, wrote the screenplay for
Road Warrior/Mad Max 2
. He also co-produced and wrote
Dead Calm
, the film which launched Nicole Kidman’s international movie career,
Mad Max Beyond
Thunderdome
and a large number of TV movies and mini-series – including
Bodyline
and
Bangkok
Hilton
– two of which received international Emmy nominations. In all, he has won over twenty film or television awards.

After moving to Los Angeles, he worked as a screenwriter on major studio productions. His credits

include
Payback
with Mel Gibson,
From Hell
, starring Johnny Depp, and
Vertical Limit
with Chris O’Donnell. He has also done uncredited writing on a host of other movies, including
Reign of Fire
with Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey,
Cliffhanger
, starring Sylvester Stallone, and
Flightplan
with Jodie Foster.

I Am Pilgrim
is his first novel. He and his American wife, Kristen, have four children and live in Switzerland.

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