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Max Byrd


Born
in The United States
January 11, 1942

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction


May Byrd is the author of a number of scholarly books on 18th century English literature, including Visits to Bedlam and London Transformed. Winner of the Shamus Award for best paperback private detective novel, his oeuvre of detective novels include the Book-of-the-Month Club selection Target of Opportunity. Byrd is also the author of four historical novels: Grant: A Novel, Jefferson: A Novel, Jackson: A Novel, and Shooting the Sun. He currently serves as the president of the board of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers.

Max Byrd has taught English at Yale and UC Davis, has been a visiting professor at Stanford, and has lectured at UC Berkeley, Warwick University, the Sorbonne, and Monticello. Among the many publications featuring Byrd’s ...more

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The Paris Deadline
3.68 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
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Jackson
3.63 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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Jefferson
3.48 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions
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Grant
3.51 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions
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Shooting the Sun
3.59 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
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The Sixth Conspirator: A Novel
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California Thriller (Mike H...
3.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions
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Fly Away Jill
3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions
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Finders Weepers (Mike Halle...
3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
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“She turned quickly to face him, and with one part of his mind he thought, They call it falling in love, admiring as always the wisdom of the language. Not stumbling in love, not walking, striding, jumping, bouncing, crawling in love. You fall in love, straight forward like a chopped tree, straight down like a rock from a cliff: gravity, earth, concussion.”
― Max Byrd, Jackson
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