Fictitious Character Biography
Corey first appeared in DeMille's novel Plum Island. Since then, he's appeared in The Lion's Game, Night Fall, Wild Fire,The Lion, and most recently, The Panther.
The character has a healthy disrespect for authority, a dry and engaging wit, and frequently crosses the powers that be. His outside persona is one of bemused detachment, however once he locks in on a problem, he's a merciless powerhouse who refuses to stop until he's solved his case.
In Plum Island, Corey is a New York homicide detective, on medical leave, and a lecturer at John Jay. In The Lion's Game, Corey has left the NYPD and become an agent for the fictional FBI Anti-Terrorist Task Force (ATTF) in New York. The ATTF is based on the real-life Joint Terrorist Task Force.
While the Plum Island case is a local matter, the three succeeding novels deal with international conspiracy and terrorism, as befits his change in occupation. Corey both meets and works with Kate Mayfield in the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, a fact which involves them both working on cases and getting into trouble together.
Before Plum Island, Corey is shot by two Hispanic criminals of unknown origin, which is the initial set up of the novel. In The Lion's Game, he is also pursued and shot by the Libyan terrorist Asad Khalil.
In the latest novel, The Lion, Corey once again faces the Lion, Asad Khalil.
In 2012, DeMille published an eBook-exclusive short story entitled The Book Case, which is set during Corey's days a homicide detective. The story is about the owner of a New York City bookstore owner found crushed to death by one of the book cases in his office, forcing Corey to determine if it was an accident or murder.
A new novel, entitled The Panther, is due to be released on October 16, 2012. The novel is set to feature both Corey and Kate Mayfield, investigating the USS Cole bombing.
Read more about this topic: John Corey
Famous quotes containing the words fictitious, character and/or biography:
“It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour, and fictitious benevolence.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Play builds the kind of free-and-easy, try-it-out, do-it-yourself character that our future needs. We must become more self-conscious and more explicit in our praise and reinforcement as children use unstructured play materials: “That’s good. You use your own ideas....” “That’s good. You did it your way....” “That’s good. You thought it all out yourself.””
—James L. Hymes, Jr. (20th century)
“A biography is like a handshake down the years, that can become an arm-wrestle.”
—Richard Holmes (b. 1945)