literary reasons. For instance, making Jack Reacher have one parent who was French was suggested as being partly because the presence of only American members of Reacher's family would limit the series's appeal in France. The same interview stated that Grant "didn't apologise about the commercial nature" of his fiction. Other activities In 2019, Child collaborated with musicians Jennifer and Scott Smith of the group Naked Blue on an album of music "exploring their favourite character, Jack Reacher, in song." He contributed a vocal to track #5, "Reacher Said Nothing." In 2020 Child joined the Booker Prize judging panel, alongside Margaret Busby (chair), Sameer Rahim, Lemn Sissay and Emily Wilson. Philanthropy In January 2012, Grant donated £10,000 towards a new vehicle for Brecon Mountain Rescue Team in Wales. His brother is a senior member of the team. The team's former control vehicle was written off after a collision in 2011. Grant is an annual sponsor and original member of ThrillerFest. Personal life Grant married his wife Jane in 1975 and moved to the United States in the summer of 1998. Since then, they have resided in New York state. They have a daughter, Ruth. Grant is a fan of Aston Villa Football Club and has been known to include the names of Aston Villa players in his books. In 2013, the Daily Mail quoted Grant saying that he writes while intoxicated ("high") by cannabis. However, in a phone interview in November 2013, he clarified his comments to the Irish Examiner, saying he's never written while high. "Yeah, that's true", Child told The Post-Standard. "I mean, people say to me, 'There was that story in the newspaper,' and I say, 'No, that's The Daily Mail.' In Britain, that's not a newspaper, you know, that's a scandal sheet where they make stuff up. It's not very reliable. And certainly, I don't deny smoking the occasional joint, but I don't work when I'm stoned because you don't get much done that way." Works Novels Jack Reacher series: Note: For consistency, ISBN is that of the Bantam Press (UK) hardcover, first printing only. ^ by Lee Child and Andrew Child Non-fiction The Hero, Publication: London: TLS Books, 2019 . Short stories Collections: No Middle Name (2017), collection of two novellas and ten short stories from the Jack Reacher series: "Too Much Time" (novella), "Deep Down", "Everyone Talks", "Guy Walks into a Bar", "High Heat"