This Goodly Land

C. Terry Cline, Jr. (July 14, 1935–present)

Other Names Used

• Charles Terry Cline, Jr.: full name

Alabama Connections

• Birmingham, Jefferson County: birthplace, childhood residence
• Dothan, Houston County: adult residence
• Mobile, Mobile County: adult residence
• Fairhope, Baldwin County: adult residence

Selected Works

• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Damon. New York: Putnam, 1975.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Death Knell. New York: Putnam, 1977.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Cross Current. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1979.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Mindreader. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1981.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Missing Persons. New York: Arbor House, 1981.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. The Attorney Conspiracy. New York: Arbor House, 1983.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Prey. New York: New American Library, 1985.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Quarry. New York: New American Library, 1987.
• Cline, C. Terry, Jr. Reaper. New York: D. I. Fine, 1989.

Biographical Information

C. Terry Cline, Jr., was born in Birmingham, Ala., and grew up in Florida. He briefly attended Florida State University in 1957 and served in the US Army in 1960. Although Cline decided as a teenager that he wanted to be a writer, he was unable to find a market for his first novels. In the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in radio and television and owned several businesses in Georgia and Alabama with his first wife, Linda Cline. In 1975, Damon became the first of nine novels Cline published between 1975 and 1989. Cline married author Judith Richards in 1979. The couple lives in Fairhope, Ala.

Interests and Themes

C. Terry Cline, Jr., writes novels of horror and suspense.

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Reference Web Sites

• Cline, C. Terry. "The Why of Writing". Views & News. 2004. Page and Palette, Inc. http://www.pageandpalette.com/main/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,5/mode,view.html.

Last updated on May 30, 2008.