Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-one novels, each a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. In addition to the Jason Bourne seriesâThe Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatumâhe was the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and The Apocalypse Watch, among many others. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001.