Nelson DeMille, Best-Selling Suspense Novelist, Dies at 81

Nelson DeMille, a prolific author of action-packed adventures, died on September 17 at the age of 81 after a nine-month battle with esophageal cancer. Born in New York City in 1943, DeMille moved to Long Island with his family and where he has resided ever since. After college, he joined the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam. Following his discharge, DeMille started to write, publishing his first bestseller, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” in 1978. DeMille wrote all of his manuscripts in longhand, and 17 of his books have been bestsellers. Seven books were New York Times bestsellers.

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