Later, he was made in charge of running The Peacock, the second house of Abbey Theatre. In 1977, Kennedy moved back to Dublin and founded a co-operative theater company in collaboration with a close friend. He says that the study of human history provides a good knowledge of the human folly repeating itself endlessly. Subsequently, much of the work of Kennedy in his fiction stories is observational. He is of the opinion that a novelist can get better training from history major than any other course.

Kennedy was also enrolled in Dublin’s Trinity College for one year to study history major. He received his early education from The Collegiate School followed by a bachelor’s magna cum laude degree in 1976 from Bowdoin College. His father a production assistant and a commodities broker at NBC. Author Kennedy was born in 1955 in New York City, New York, US. In 2017, Kennedy published his newest book in France as part of a trilogy series and is expected to release the other two books in the upcoming years. In 2009, the popular newspaper Le Figaro awarded him, Grand Prix du Figaro. In 2007, Kennedy was awarded the French decoration called Chevalier de Ordre des Lettres. Many of his books have been bestsellers in France. His books are particularly loved and acclaimed in France. Very often, Kennedy writes his novels with European landscapes. Most of his books have been translated into more than 22 languages and published in various countries. Author Kennedy’s books have sold over 14 million printed copies all over the world. In addition to literary novels, Kennedy is the author of 3 very popular travel books.

The latest novel penned by Kennedy, The Heat of Betrayal, was published in the UK and France in 2015 and in the US in 2016. He has written around 12 novels in his career, which includes the international bestselling books Leaving the WOrld, The Big Picture, The Moment, and Pursuit of Happiness. Douglas Kennedy is a bestselling American writer of literature & fiction, romance, historical fiction, contemporary, thriller, and suspense novels.

The big picture by douglas kennedy