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How Ace Atkins mined his ’80s youth for spy thriller ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’

Ace Atkins wrote 21 novels from 2011 to 2022, including 11 Quinn Colson books and 10 Spenser series continuations, following a strict writing routine in Oxford.

  • Ace Atkins, novelist, produced 21 books from 2011 to 2022, maintaining a steady output across roughly a decade.
  • Working from a small office, Ace Atkins kept a rigorous daily schedule in Oxford, Mississippi, starting with `A cup of coffee, and then to work`.
  • He also continued Robert B. Parker's Spenser series, writing 10 books and authored 11 novels in his Quinn Colson series.
  • William Morrow/TNS credited the profile by Peter Larsen, The Orange County Register, which frames Ace Atkins' disciplined work habits as central to his sustained output.
  • That disciplined pace allowed Ace Atkins to sustain novel production through a steady daily routine in a small writing office in Oxford, Mississippi, appealing to publishers and readers.
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How Ace Atkins mined his ’80s youth for spy thriller ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’

For more than a decade, novelist Ace Atkins kept a rigorous schedule and a prolific pace in his small writing office in Oxford, Mississippi. A cup of coffee, and then to work, writing 21 books – 11 in his Quinn…

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The Billings Gazette broke the news in Billings, United States on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
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