R. J. Ellory

Quick Facts

Full Name	R. J. Ellory
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Jun 20, 1965(1965-06-20)
Age	59
Birthplace	Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

R. J. Ellory Biography

R. J. Ellory is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on June 20, 1965 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Ellory is not aware of his father, who left the family before Ellory was even born. His maternal grandmother and mother raised him, while his maternal grandfather drowned in 1956 in Wales. Ellory’s mother, Ellory, died in a pneumonic hemorhage in late 1970. This was the result of the pneumonia epidemic that claimed many lives in the West Midlands. Ellory was sent to several schools before he finally finished his education at Kingham Hill School, Oxfordshire. This school was established by the Barings Young banking family as a place for orphaned and wayward children.

Candlemoth was his first novel accepted for publication. It was also shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award in 2003. Ghostheart was published by CWA in 2004, and A Quiet Vendetta by 2005. His fourth novel, City of Lies (2006), was shortlisted by the CWA Steel Dagger as Best Thriller. Richard & Judy Bookclub 2008 selected A Quiet Belief in Angels as one of their titles. Since its publication, A Quiet Belief in Angels was sold in excess 1,000,000 copies. It has also been translated into twenty-three languages. In the week following its TV review, it was ranked third on the Sunday Times bestsellers list. It was shortlisted to receive the Barry Award 2008 for best British crime fiction, the 7th Prix Du Polar Europeen 2008 by the weekly French magazine Le Point and the Quebec Booksellers’ Prize 2008. It was named the Strand Magazine Thriller of the year. It won Nouvel Observateur’ s inaugural Prix du Roman Noir in 2009. Theakston won the Crime Novel of the Year 2010 in October 2008 with A Simple Act of Violence.

A Simple Act of Violence was shortlisted for the Barry Award for Best British Crime Fiction 2009 and won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for 2010.

In 2010, A Quiet Vendetta won the Prix Des Libraires Du Quebec Laureat. Additionally, it won the Villenueve les Avignon Literary Festival Readers’ Prize in 2010 and the St. Maur Prix Polar in 2011.

Ellory’s debut novel Candlemoth, which was published in 2003, was shortlisted by the CWA Steel Dagger as Best Thriller. In 2007, Ellory’s fourth novel, City of Lies, was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller.

R. J. Ellory Net Worth

R. J. Ellory is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, R. J. Ellory 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Roger Jon Ellory, born 20 June 1965, is an English thriller author.

Ellory left this school when he was 16 and returned to Birmingham to pursue a diploma as a graphic artist and designer at Bournville College of Art. Ellory was 16 when his maternal grandmother passed away in April 1982. Ellory then dropped out of college and failed to get any qualifications.

A Quiet Belief in Angels, his fifth title, was shortlisted for the Barry Award for Best British Crime Fiction 2008. The novel was also shortlisted for the Association 813 Trophy, the 7th Prix Du Polar Europeen Du Point, and the Mystery Booksellers of America Dilys Award. It went on to win the Inaugural Roman Noir Nouvel Observateur Prize in 2009, the Best Thriller 2009 by New York’s Strand Magazine, along with the Prix des Libraires Du Quebec Laureat 2009, the Livre De Poche Award, the Southern Independent Booksellers’ Award 2010, the Quebec Booksellers’ Prize, and the USA National Indie Excellence Award 2010 for Best Mystery.

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R. Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. R. J. Ellory celebrates birthday on June 20 of every year.