Greg Iles

Iles interests me as a writer of genuine obsession. Born in Stuttgart yet rooted in Mississippi, he let the weight and history of the American South seep into his thrillers, and that sense of place is what lifts them above ordinary page-turners. Eighteen novels across genres signals someone who simply had too much to say to stop, and the fact that he also played guitar tells me the rhythm of his prose was no accident. He passed in 2025, but the strongest measure of a storyteller is whether the stories outlive him, and his clearly will.

Name (English)

Greg Iles

Name (Japanese)

グレッグ・アイルズ

Reading

ぐれっぐ・あいるず

Born

April 8, 1960 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Origin

Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany

Occupation

writer / novelist / screenwriter / guitarist / musician

University

University of Mississippi

• Official sitehttps://www.gregiles.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/GregIles
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Iles
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349027

Tags

• Stuttgart Government Region
• writer
• novelist
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.