Greg Iles was born in Germany in 1960, where his father ran the US Embassy
Medical Clinic during the height of the Cold War. He spent his youth
in Natchez, Mississippi, and graduated from the University of Mississippi in
1983. 
Greg founded the band "Frankly Scarlet" and spent several years playing music for a living. The year after he was married, he gigged on the road for 50 weeks out of 52, and realized that this lifestyle was simply not sustainable with a family. He quit the band and began working eighteen hours a day on his first novel, Spandau Phoenix, a thriller about Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess. When Greg sold this manuscript, he left the music business to complete the book.
Greg Iles and The Rock Bottom Remainders rework James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues" with a literary bent.
Spandau Phoenix was published in 1993 and became the first of ten New York Times Bestsellers.
Over the course of his next few books, Greg broke the formula adhered to by most commercial novelists and wrote in a variety of genres. Surprisingly, each found a place on the bestseller list, and today readers look forward to discovering what new subject Greg has explored in his latest novel.
Greg's novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages and published in more than twenty countries worldwide.
He currently lives in Natchez, Mississippi, the setting of many of his novels.
News
Devil's Punchbowl In Paperback Now!
Barbara Peters interviews Greg for Poisoned Pen Bookstore
Buy a Signed Book from Poisoned Pen
Music with the Stars
Greg is a member of the legendary group "The Rock Bottom Remainders" which includes Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount, Jr., Matt Groening, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, and James McBride. Roger McGuinn, co-founder of the Byrds, often sits in.
Did You Know?
In 2002 Greg wrote the script of 24 Hours (Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, and Courtney Love) in one week while he had the flu. 24 Hours was rewritten and renamed "Trapped," which Greg then rewrote at the request of the producers and actors, working around the clock during shooting.
Get in Touch
Ask questions, discuss the issues that Greg brings up in his books, and tell us what you think about the last Greg Iles book you read.