David Baldacci lleva escribiendo desde pequeño, cuando su madre le regaló un cuaderno rayado en el que anotar sus historias. (Mucho más tarde, cuando David le agradeció por ser la chispa que encendió su carrera como escritora, ella reveló que le había dado el cuaderno para mantenerlo callado, "porque toda mamá necesita un descanso de vez en cuando"). Publicó su primera Absolute Power, en 1996; posteriormente fue adaptada al cine, con Clint Eastwood como director y protagonista. En total, David ha publicado 43 novelas para adultos; todas han sido bestsellers nacionales e internacionales, y varias han sido adaptadas al cine. y televisión. Sus libros se publican en más de 45 idiomas y en más de 80 países, con 150 millones de copias vendidas en todo el mundo. David también ha publicado siete novelas para lectores más jóvenes.
David y su esposa, Michelle, son los cofundadores de Wish You Well Foundation®, que apoya los programas de alfabetización para familias y adultos en los Estados Unidos. En 2008, la Fundación se asoció con Feeding America para lanzar Feeding Body & Mind, un programa para abordar la conexión entre la alfabetización, la pobreza y el hambre. A través de Feeding Body & Mind, se han recolectado y distribuido más de 1 millón de libros nuevos y usados a través de bancos de alimentos a familias necesitadas.
Un virginiano de toda la vida, David se graduó de la Virginia Commonwealth University y de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Virginia.
Stone Cold pdf por David Baldacci
The #1 bestselling author of The Collectors and Simple Genius returns with STONE COLD...an unforgetable novel of revenge, conspiracy, and murder that brings a band of unlikely heroes face-to-face with their greatest threat.Oliver Stone, the leader of the mysterious group that calls itself the Camel Club, is both feared and respected by those who've crossed his path. Keeping a vigilant watch over our leaders in Washington, D.C., the Camel Club has won over some allies, but it has also earned formidable enemies-including those in power who will do anything to prevent Stone and his friends from uncovering the hidden, secret work of the government.Annabelle Conroy, an honorary member of the Camel Club, is also the greatest con artist of her generation. She has swindled forty million dollars from casino king Jerry Bagger, the man who murdered her mother. Now he's hot on her trail with only one goal in mind: Annabelle's death. But as Stone and the Camel Club circle the wagons to protect Annabelle, a new opponent, who makes Bagger's menace pale by comparison, suddenly arises.One by one, men from Stone's shadowy past are turning up dead. Behind this slaughter stands one man: Harry Finn. To almost all who know him, Finn is a doting father and loving husband who uses his skills behind the scenes to keep our nation safe. But the other face of Harry Finn is that of an unstoppable killer who inevitably sets his lethal bull's-eye on Oliver Stone. And with Finn, Stone may well have met his match.As Annabelle and the Camel Club fight for their lives, the twists and turns whipsaw, leading to a finale that is as explosive as it is shattering. And when buried secrets are at last violently resurrected, the members of the Camel Club left standing will be changed forever. With unrelenting pacing, stunning reversals, and two of the most compelling characters in modern fiction, STONE COLD is David Baldacci writing at his breathtaking best.