Brett Battles is an American author and computer engineer from Los Angeles, California.
Publishing History While employed at Dell Computer, Battles published his first novel, The Cleaner (2007). The novel introduced recurring character Jonathan Quinn, a freelance intelligence operative named for Liam Quinn, an executive at Dell who had served as a mentor to Battles. The Cleaner was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller.
His second novel, The Deceived (2008), won the Barry Award for Best Thriller.
His third novel, Shadow of Betrayal, continues the adventures of freelance operative and "cleaner" Jonathan Quinn. Shadow of Betrayal was published in the United Kingdom under the title The Unwanted (Preface Publishing, 2009).
This fourth novel, The Silenced, was released by Dell in 2011. In the same year, he wrote the computer manufacturer's internal hardware manual.
Bibliography
Jonathan Quinn Series # Title PublisherDate ISBN1 The Cleaner Delacorte Press2007 978-0-44-024370-02 The Deceived Delacorte Press2008 978-0-38-534157-83 The Unwanted Delacorte Press2009 978-0-38-534158-54 The Silenced Dell Publishing 2011 978-0-44-024567-45 The Destroyed CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2012 978-1-47-763551-36 The Collected CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2012 978-1-48-005538-47 The Enraged CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2013 978-1-49-055702-18 The Discarded CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2014 978-1-49-732447-39 The Buried CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2015 978-1-50-874694-210 The Unleashed CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2016 978-1-53-031430-011 The Aggrieved CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2017 978-1-54-673146-712 The Fractured CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2018 978-1-72-030827-013 The Damaged Independently Published2019 978-1-07-750454-714 The Unknown Independently Published2020 978-1-65-387835-215 The Vanished Independently Published2020 979-8-57-559949-4 Note: In the US, The Unwanted was sold under the title Shadow of Betrayal.
Logan Harper Thrillers # Title PublisherDate ISBN1 Little Girl Gone CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2011 978-1-46-118928-22 Every Precious Thing CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2011 978-1-46-806402-5
Project Eden Thrillers # Title PublisherDate ISBN1 Sick CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2012 978-1-46-118926-82 Exit 9 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2012 978-1-47-500956-93 Pale Horse CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2012 978-1-47-760883-84 Ashes CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2012 978-1-48-115833-65 Eden Rising CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2013 978-1-49-288995-36 Dream Sky CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2014 978-1-49-475305-47 Down CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2014 978-1-50-336680-0
Rewinder Series # Title PublisherDate ISBN1 Rewinder 47north2015 978-1-47-783083-32 Destroyer 47north2016 978-1-50-395159-43 Survivor Createspace Independent Publishing Platform2017 978-1-54-313151-2
Night Man Chronicles # Title PublisherDate ISBN1 Night Man Independently Published2019 978-1-79-655055-92 Insidious Independently Published2020 979-8-64-413501-13 Mercy Independently Published2021 979-8-50-039637-2
Stand-Alone Novels Title PublisherDate ASIN/ISBN The Pull of Gravity Amazon Digital Services, Inc.2011B005H1O4DG No Return Preface Publishing2012 978-1-84-809290-7 Mine CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2016 978-1-53-506715-7
Short stories 2008 – "Perfect Gentleman" (published in Killer Year edited by Lee Child – St. Martin's Press) 2011 – "Just Another Job – A Jonathan Quinn Story" (published by Slam Bang Stories, Available on Amazon Kindle) 2011 – "Off the Clock A Jonathan Quinn Story" – May 20, 2011
Novella July 10, 2011– Becoming Quinn (A Jonathan Quinn Novel): A prequel to the series
See also Rewinder
References
External links Brett Battles' Official Web Site