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Marcus Sakey

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Born

Flint, The United States

Website

http://www.marcussakey.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction

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November 2013

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Marcus Sakey is the bestselling author of nine novels, including the Brilliance Trilogy, which has sold more than a million copies.

His novel AFTERLIFE (July 18, 2017) is soon to be a major motion picture from Imagine Entertainment and producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. His novel Good People was made into a film starring James Franco and Kate Hudson.

Marcus lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.

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"Ridiculously good...Sakey makes you grin at high-flying feats of imagination, and then grin harder because he sticks the landing. The master of the mindful page turner."
-Gillian Flynn

"Nothing short of brilliant."
-Chicago Tribune

"It's depth and intelligence and passion and emotion that set Sakey apart."
-Lee Child

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Marcus Sakey’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 88,021 ratings · 6,610 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Brilliance (Brilliance Saga, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 32,453 ratings — published 2013 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Better World (Brilliance Saga, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 18,225 ratings — published 2014 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Written in Fire (Brilliance Saga, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 14,192 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afterlife 3.79 avg rating — 10,152 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blade Itself 3.70 avg rating — 2,540 ratings — published 2007 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes 3.50 avg rating — 2,607 ratings — published 2011 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good People 3.74 avg rating — 1,380 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the City's Edge 3.90 avg rating — 1,174 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amateurs 3.61 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 2009 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scar Tissue: Seven Stories of Love and Wounds 3.89 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The world would be a better place if people stopped voting for folksy candidates they could have a beer with and started voting for people smarter than they are.”
― Marcus Sakey, Brilliance

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“. . . the problem with looking for your glasses is that you don’t have your glasses on while you’re looking . . .”
― Marcus Sakey, The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes

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“Worry is a misuse of the imagination”
― Marcus Sakey, A Better World

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