Reacher, a private investigator and drifter, is described in Child’s novels as physically towering, measuring in at 6ft 5in .
In one letter, a woman complained that her husband would rather go to bed with a Jack Reacher novel.
“I’ve got tens of thousands of letters saying they didn’t like Cruise because he’s too small, basically,” said Child.
Coventry-born Child, 63, became a global publishing phenomenon after his first Reacher book in 1997.
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