James Grady is the Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

 born author

Author

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 of thriller novels. He graduated from the University of Montana School of Journalism in 1974. During college, he worked for United States Senator Lee Metcalf

Lee Metcalf

Lee Warren Metcalf was an American politician of the Democratic Party and was a United States Representative, and a United States Senator from Montana....

 of Montana. Best known as the author of Six Days of the Condor

Six Days of the Condor

Six Days of the Condor is a thriller novel by James Grady first published in 1974 by W.W. Norton.The story is a suspense drama set in contemporary Washington, D.C., and is considerably different from the 1975 film version, Three Days of the Condor...

, which was famously adapted to film as Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American action thriller film produced by Stanley Schneider and directed by Sydney Pollack. The screenplay, by Lorenzo Semple Jr...

starring Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...

. Father of Rachel Grady, director of the documentary Jesus Camp.

Novels

• Six Days of the Condor
  Six Days of the Condor
  Six Days of the Condor is a thriller novel by James Grady first published in 1974 by W.W. Norton.The story is a suspense drama set in contemporary Washington, D.C., and is considerably different from the 1975 film version, Three Days of the Condor...
  
   (1974)
• Shadow of the Condor
• The Great Pebble Affair
• Catch the Wind
• Razor Game
• Just a Shot Away
• Steeltown
• Runner in the Street
• Hard Bargains
• River of Darkness
  River of Darkness
  River of Darkness is an American horror film by director Bruce Koehler. The film features professional wrestling stars Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, and Sid Eudy as well as Ray Lloyd in a minor role.-Plot:...
  
  
• Thunder
• White Flame
• City of Shadows
• Mad Dogs

Short stories

• The Dark Sacred Night
• Broken Heroes
• The Bottom Line
• condor.net
• The Championship Of Nowhere
• Kiss The Sky
• The Devil’s Playground
• OMJAGOD
• The Arranger
• The Train