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Marcus Sakey

まーかす・さけい

Mākasu Sakey

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Flint, Michigan
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Flint, Michigan → Atlanta, Georgia → Chicago, Illinois

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Graphic designer, Television host
Active Years
2007-2017

Education

University of Michigan
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts / Communication and Political Science
Period: 1992-1996
Year of Graduation: 1996
Country: United States
Double major in communication and political science
Columbia College Chicago
Creative Writing
Period: 約1年間
Country: United States
MFA program for approximately one year

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Blade Itself

2007 Crime fiction

Debut novel set in Chicago's criminal underworld.

CrimeLoyaltyViolence
Adaptations
  • [Film] / Ben Affleck (製作)

Good People

2009 Crime fiction
Adaptations
  • [Film]

Brilliance

2013 Science fiction thriller

First book in the Brilliance trilogy, inspired by autism.

Supernatural abilitiesSocial division
Adaptations
  • [Film]

Bibliography

  • The Blade Itself (2007)
  • Good People (2009)
  • At the City's Edge (2009)
  • The Amateurs (2009)
  • The Desert here and the Desert Far Away (2010)
  • No One (2010)
  • Gravity and Need (2010)
  • The Days Where You Were Anything Else (2010)
  • As Breathing (2010)
  • No Turning Back (2011)
  • Scar Tissue: Seven Stories of Love and Wounds (2012)
  • The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes (2012)
  • Brilliance (2013)
  • A Better World (2014)
  • Written in Fire (2016)
  • Afterlife (2017)

Adaptations

  • Film rights to The Blade Itself sold to Ben Affleck
  • Film rights to Good People sold
  • Film rights to At the City’s Edge sold
  • Film rights to Brilliance sold to Legendary Pictures
  • Film rights to Afterlife sold to Imagine Entertainment

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Crime novels set in the blue-collar world of Chicago's south sideRealism based on extensive research with detectives and cops

Legacy

Successful American crime fiction author with multiple film adaptations optioned. Host of Travel Channel's Hidden City.