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Rick Yancey is the author of fifteen novels and one memoir. He was born in Miami, Florida and adopted. His given name is John Richard Yancey. Rick loved to read as a child and worked on his family farm in Florida. He graduated from Roosevelt University. Afterwards, he taught and acted before working for the IRS for 12 years. Yancey began writing full-time in 2004. Rick lives in Florida with his wife and youngest son.


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The 5th WaveRick Yancey

The 5th Wave is the first book of a science-fiction/fantasy trilogy by Rick Yancey and was published in 2013 by Penguin Group. The story is written from a first-person (diary) perspective from the viewpoint of Cassie Sullivan, the protagonist of...

The Infinite SeaRick Yancey

The Infinite Sea is the second book in a published trilogy by Rick Yancey. The first book, The 5th Wave was turned into a movie, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, but it was not well-received. The following sequel is called The Lost Star. T

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Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult, Nonfiction


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aka Richard Yancey.

Rick is a native Floridian and a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago. He earned a B.A. in English which he put to use as a field officer for the Internal Revenue Service. Inspired and encouraged by his wife, he decided his degree might also be useful in writing books and in 2004 he began writing full-time.

Since then he has launched two critically acclaimed series: The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, for young readers, and The Highly Effective Detective, for adults. Both books are set in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Rick lived for ten years before returning to Florida. aka Richard Yancey.

Rick is a native Floridian and a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago. He earned a B.A. in English which he put to use as a field officer for the Internal Revenue Service. Inspired and encouraged by his wife, he decided his degree might also be useful in writing books and in 2004 he
  • Author: Rick Yancey Author Record # 35935
  • Legal Name: Yancey, Richard
  • Birthplace: Miami, Florida, USA
  • Birthdate: 4 November 1962
  • Language: English
  • Webpages:IMDB, rickyancey.com, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
  • Note: The Library of Congress (linkname "lccn.loc.gov" in the database) canonical name for him is "Richard Yancey", the name under which he is credited for about half of his works in LC Online Catalog. Those works published as by Richard Yancey seem to be non-genre non-fiction and a series of Highly Effective Detective novels (3 in the catalog, Wikipedia lists 4 published 2006 to 2011).

  • Author Tags:young-adult horror (7), young-adult sf (5), aliens (5), historical fantasy (4), post apocalypse (3), young-adult fantasy (2), survival (2), war (2), steampunk (1), into-movie (1), extraterrestrial beings (1)

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