The sixth Extinction was a top pick in 2014 RT Book Reviews. The Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow was nominated for the Bluebonnet Award while the Judas Strain was a finalist in the suspense category in the 2008 Audies. The Doomsday Key 2009 Library Journal earned him a starred review. The same book was also a top pick for the RT Book Reviews and got a starred review for the 2015 RT book list.

Among his awards are the Reviewers Choice Awards Thriller that he won for the Bone Labyrinth. James Rollins has received several awards for his work that has captured the interests of many fans.

The chronological order of James Rollins novels match the publication order.

Chronological Order of James Rollins Books Another of his co-author is Rebecca Cantrell in the Sanguines series which is a best seller with books such as: City of Scream, The Blood Gospel, Blood Brothers, Innocent Blood and Blood Infernal. He also co-authored some work with Grant Blackwood in the Tucker Wayne series adventures: The Kill Switch and Wark Hawk. There are also two the Jake Ransom series which are middle grade adventures: Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow as well as Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx. He has also written six individual adventure thrillers. The Sigma series has ten thrillers namely The Doomsday Key, The Devil Economy, The Last Oracle, Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Eye of God and the 6th Extinction, The Doomsday Key,and The Judas Strain. The sigma series has unveiled some of the world’s unseen parts, historical secrets and scientific breakthroughs all done with what can only be described as stunning insight and at breakneck speed. James Rollins is the brains behind international thrillers that have so far been translated into more than forty world languages. With the success of his writing, he has flipped the script and now works just part-time as a veterinarian while concentrating on his writing full-time. During this time he would write in his free time or on his lunch hour with animals all around him. James would work 14-18 hour days and in the ten years of owning the practice, he only had three weeks of vacation total. The work as a veterinarian who owned his own practice was really hard.

He moved to Sacramento, California where he opened his own veterinary practice in the mid-1980s. He would go on to the University of Missouri-Columbia where he graduated with a doctorate in veterinary medicine. His family ended up moving from Chicago and he graduated from high school in Ballwin, Missouri. He has joked that his life was similar to that of the Brady Bunch. His father worked at Libby’s canning plant while his mother stayed home with his six siblings. James had a rather blue collar upbringing in Chicago, Illinois.

Black order by james rollins