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Author Name: Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum is an American thriller novelist who was born on May 25th 1927 in New York and spent his childhood in New Jersey. His father was a business man and mother the daughter of a rich businessman due to which he had a financially secure childhood. He went to ‘The Rectory School’ and the ‘Cheshire Academy’ and then for graduate studies to the Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Before starting his career in writing, he acted in various theatrical shows and also produced many of them. He acted in more than 200 dramas in TV and Stage both. Ludlum was also in the US Marine Corps before his career as an author. He was married to the actress Mary Ryducha and had three children with her.


His first novel was ‘The Scarlatti Inheritance’ published in 1971. The novel instantly reached the bestselling charts. This was a book about the Nazis and international investors. His second book was published two years later called the ‘The Osterman Weekend’ which also became a film later on. By the middle of the 70’s Ludlum had started writing as a full time career. The Ludlum family moved to Long Island where they had their second home. Ludlum travelled a lot to find backgrounds for his stories.


     Books By Author :: Robert Ludlum

   
Trevayne
 -by Robert Ludlum

Brilliant, fearless, incorruptible, Andrew Trevayne was a self-made millionaire at thirty-five, former Undersecretary of State,... Read More

   
The Moscow Vector
 -by Robert Ludlum
For the past three decades Robert Ludlum's bestselling novels have been enjoyed by hundreds of millions of read... Read More

   
The Ambler Warning
 -by Robert Ludlum

The Ambler Warning, like many of Robert Ludlum's thrillers, gets much of its sense from our knowledge that intelligenc... Read More

   
The Bancroft Strategy
 -by Robert Ludlum
When Todd Belknap - a field agent for Consular Operations with a reputation as something of a cowboy - is cut l... Read More

   
The Tristan Betrayal
 -by Robert Ludlum
In the last 20 years, Robert Ludlum has cornered the market in international thrillers. His mixture of blinding... Read More

   
The Bourne Legacy
 -by Robert Ludlum

A man without a past is washed into the nets of a fishing boat with no idea of who he is or how he got there. All he has is a p... Read More

   
The Icarus Agenda
 -by Robert Ludlum

Colorado congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term of office quietly--when a political mole reveals to the world... Read More

   
The Scarlatti Inheritance
 -by Robert Ludlum

A story of international terror and intrigue, greed and cunning, suspense and murder, revolving around a file whose contents wi... Read More

   
The Bourne Identity
 -by Robert Ludlum
The first of three novels about Jason Bourne, hero extraordinaire, and a man who leaves no stone unturned. It is now a major movie... Read More

   
The Bourne Ultimatum
 -by Robert Ludlum
The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At a small-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram... Read More



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