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Lee Child - "A Wanted Man" - A Jack Reacher novel and "Jack Reacher" - a Jack Reacher movie

Hailed as “the best thrill writer of the moment” (New York Times) and “the poster boy for American crime fiction” (Los Angeles Times), with more than 40 million copies of his novels in print worldwide featuring his now iconic creation—ex Army cop and all-around tough guy Jack Reacher—Lee Child is doing pretty good.

The next few months are exciting for Lee Child as his newest novel in the series, A Wanted Man

, is out and in December, Paramount Pictures’ will release its big-screen adaptation of One Shot called Jack Reacher starring Tom Cruise in the lead role.

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.