For other people with the same or similar name, see Steve Berry (disambiguation).

Steve Berry (born in 1955) is an American

United States

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 author

Author

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, professor

Professor

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 and former attorney

Lawyer

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 currently living in St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine, Florida

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. He is a graduate of Mercer University

Mercer University

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's Walter F. George School of Law

Walter F. George School of Law

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.

Steve Berry first appeared in print with his historical thrillers The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy in 2003 and 2004. A practicing attorney (at the time), Berry had been writing since 1990, and it took him 12 years and 85 rejections (over five different editions) to finally sell a manuscript to Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books

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. Berry credits the nuns who taught him in Catholic school with instilling the discipline needed both to craft a novel and to find a publisher.

Today, Berry's novels have earned spots on The New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and BookSense bestseller lists. He has nearly 11 million books in print, which have been translated into 37 languages and sold in 50 countries. Berry focuses much of his time on writing or planning new novels, teaching the concepts of writing to audiences throughout the world, golfing or spending time on the beach.

He and his wife, Elizabeth, have founded History Matters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding the preservation of heritage.

Standalone Novels

• The Amber Room, Ballantine Books, 2003. ISBN 0-345-46004-9
• The Romanov Prophecy, Ballantine Books, 2004. ISBN 0-345-46006-5
• The Third Secret
  The Third Secret
  -Plot introduction:The story takes us behind the Vatican walls during the reign of a dying pope. Clement XV, a gentle, poetic German, keeps visiting the archives where the Third Secret of Fatima is kept. He is clearly troubled by something, but won't fully confide in his secretary, Father Colin...
  
  , Ballantine Books, 2005. ISBN 0-345-47613-1
• The Columbus Affair, (forthcoming, 2012).

Cotton Malone

1. The Templar Legacy, Ballantine Books, 2006. ISBN 0-345-47615-8
2. The Alexandria Link
   The Alexandria Link
   The Alexandria Link is Steve Berry's fifth published novel and was released in 2007. On the heels of Berry's New York Times best seller The Templar Legacy, this thriller is based on the mystery of the ancient Library of Alexandria. An amalgam of fact and fiction, the novel received mixed responses...
   
   , Ballantine Books, 2007. ISBN 0-345-48575-0
3. The Venetian Betrayal, Ballantine Books, 2007. ISBN 0-345-48577-7
4. The Charlemagne Pursuit
   The Charlemagne Pursuit
   The Charlemagne Pursuit, was released December 9, 2008 . This is Steve Berry's seventh novel, and is the fourth adventure for former U.S. Justice Department Operative turned Antiquarian book dealer, Cotton Malone....
   
   , Ballantine Books, 2008. ISBN 0-345-48579-3
5. The Paris Vendetta, Ballantine Books, 2009. ISBN 0-345-50547-6
6. The Emperor's Tomb, Ballantine Books, 2010. ISBN 0-345-50549-2
7. The Jefferson Key, Ballantine Books, 2011. ISBN 0-345-50551-4

Cassiopeia Vitt

1. The Balkan Escape, Ballantine Books, 2010. ASIN: B003MQMZ2K (eBook only)

Jonathan Wyatt

1. The Devil's Gold, Ballantine Books, 2011. ASIN: B004U33GCW (eBook only)

External links

• Official Website of Steve Berry
• Feature on The Emperor's Tomb in SHOTS Crime & Thriller Ezine May 2011
• Steve Berry Bio from Bookreporter.com, accessed December 26, 2005