James Siegel

James Siegel (born 1954) is an American thriller novelist. He holds a B.A. from the York College 1977, City University of New York, and lives in Manhattan and Sag Harbor, NY.

James Siegel
Born1954,
United States
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller

Siegel worked for many years as an advertising executive in New York City, with writing credits from the "Yo, Yao" ad that aired during Super Bowl XXXVII, and was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of BBDO New York. Since leaving commercial advertising in 2006, he has been responsible for many political advertisements from Eliot Spitzer's gubernatorial campaign in New York in 2006 to Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign in 2008.[1] He continues to work in politics today.

The movie Derailed, a film based on his 2003 novel of the same name, was released on October 21, 2005.[2] The novel was also adapted as the Tamil film Pachaikili Muthucharam.

In 2009, Siegel teamed up with stem cell advocate Brooke Ellison and directed the award-winning documentary "Hope Deferred".[3]

In September 2013, Siegel married Laura Miller and lives with his two sons, Sander and Zachary.

Bibliography
  • Epitaph (2001)
  • Derailed (2003)
  • Detour (2005)
  • Deceit (2006)
  • Storyteller (2011)
gollark: Unfortunately APIONET is undergoing a recursion problem.
gollark: "Democratic people's republics" and whatnot aren't.
gollark: It's honest!
gollark: Freeish State of Gollarkia.
gollark: No, however there is the FSG.

References
  1. The New York Times "Political Adman Scores Big for New York Democrats'" November 14, 2006
  2. Ebert, Roger. "Derailed". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  3. Boston Film Festival Winners


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