Linwood Barclay was born in 1960 in South Africa. He spent his youth in Cape Town and went to college at the University of Cape Town. He has been writing since he was sixteen, when his first novel, The Flying Dutchman, was published. After graduating from college, he worked for a magazine in Johannesburg and then a few years later joined the staff of a national daily newspaper
In 1992, after a move to the United States, he began writing full-time and published his first book in 1994. Since then, he has written over thirty books for children and young adults. His books have been translated into seventeen languages and have been or are being adapted into movies all over the world.
He currently lives in Florida with his wife and two children.
All the places my mind took me were places I did not want to go.Linwood Barclay
It's hard to make things right for everyone."" But if everybody helped just one person, lots of people would get helped.Linwood Barclay
Once you come up with a premise, you have to work out how it all happened. It's a bit like coming up with a spectacular roof design first. Before you can get it up there, you need to build a solid foundation and supporting structure.Linwood Barclay
