Daniel Silva | |
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 Silva in 2013 | |
| Born | 1960 (age 62–63) Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Alma mater | California State University, Fresno (BA) |
| Period | 1996–present |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Notable awards | Barry Award 2007 The Messenger Barry Award 2013 The Fallen Angel |
| Spouse | Jamie Gangel (1987–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
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 Literatureportal | |
Daniel Silva (born 1960) is an American journalist and author of thriller and spy novels.
Silva was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [1] When Silva was seven years old, his family moved to Merced, California. He was raised as a Catholic. [2]
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fresno and began a graduate program in international relations at San Francisco State University, but left when offered employment as a journalist at United Press International (UPI). [3]
Silva began his writing career as a journalist with a temporary position at UPI in 1984. [2] His assignment was to cover the Democratic National Convention. UPI made Silva's position permanent and, a year later transferred him to the Washington, D.C. headquarters. After two more years, he was appointed as UPI's Middle East correspondent and moved to Cairo.
Silva returned to Washington, D.C., for a position with Cable News Network's Washington bureau. He worked as a producer and executive producer for several of CNN's television programs, including Crossfire and Capital Gang .
In 1994 he began work on his first novel, The Unlikely Spy (1996). The novel debuted on The New York Times best-seller list on January 26, 1997; it remained on the list for five weeks, rising to number 13. [4] In 1997 Silva left CNN to pursue writing full-time.
Since then Silva has written 23 more spy novels, all best-sellers on The New York Times list. Gabriel Allon, an Israeli art restorer, spy and assassin, is the protagonist in all but three of Silva's titles. The series has been a New York Times bestseller since its first installment in 2001. [5] [6] Thirteen of the series' titles hit number one on The New York Times list of best sellers (Bibliography, below). Some of his novels involve Islamic terrorism, some involve Russian villains, and some are about historic events related to World War II and the Holocaust. Silva did not come into the Allon series with a significant understanding of the world of art restoration but was able to use a neighbor's expertise to help him turn a spy-assassin into an artist. [2]
In 2007, Universal Pictures made an offer to option the rights to Silva's Gabriel Allon series, starting with The Messenger (2005). In 2011, it was announced that Jeff Zucker would serve as producer, though the deal was never signed. [7] [8] On May 15, 2017, MGM Television acquired the adaption rights for the Allon series, though no production schedule was released and it was not specified which novel or novels were under consideration. [9]
Silva met Jamie Gangel, a CNN special correspondent while they were both correspondents in the Middle East. They later married, and Silva converted from Catholicism to Judaism, his wife's religion. [2]
Silva and his wife have twin children. Silva frequently takes his children on research trips for his books. [2] [10]
| Series | Nbr | Title | Year | ISBN | NYT Weeks [A] | NYT Max [B] | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | The Unlikely Spy | 1996 | 0679455620 | 5 [4] | 13 [4] | ||
| Michael Osbourne | 1 | The Mark of the Assassin | 1998 | 0679455639 | 3 [13] | 12 [14] | |
| Michael Osbourne | 2 | The Marching Season | 1999 | 0375500898 | 5 [15] | 17 [16] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 1 | The Kill Artist | 2000 | 0375500901 | 1 [5] | 12 [5] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 2 | The English Assassin | 2002 | 0399148515 | 4 [17] | 7 [18] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 3 | The Confessor | 2003 | 0399149724 | 5 [19] | 5 [20] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 4 | A Death in Vienna | 2004 | 0399151435 | 5 [21] | 5 [22] | Nominated for 2005 Barry Award for Best Thriller |
| Gabriel Allon | 5 | Prince of Fire | 2005 | 0399152431 | 4 [23] | 5 [24] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 6 | The Messenger | 2006 | 978-0399153358 | 6 [25] | 3 [26] | Winner of 2007 Barry Award for Best Thriller |
| Gabriel Allon | 7 | The Secret Servant | 2007 | 978-0399154225 | 6 [27] | 2 [28] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 8 | Moscow Rules | 2008 | 978-0399155017 | 6 [29] | 1 [30] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 9 | The Defector | 2009 | 978-0399155680 | 4 [31] | 1 [32] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 10 | The Rembrandt Affair | 2010 | 978-0399156588 | 6 [33] | 1 [34] | Nominated for 2011 Barry Award for Best Thriller |
| Gabriel Allon | 11 | Portrait of a Spy | 2011 | 978-0062072184 | 6 [35] | 2 [36] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 12 | The Fallen Angel | 2012 | 978-0062073129 | 6 [37] | 1 [38] | Winner of 2013 Barry Award for Best Thriller |
| Gabriel Allon | 13 | The English Girl | 2013 | 978-0062073167 | 7 [39] | 1 [40] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 14 | The Heist | 2014 | 978-0062320056 | 6 [41] | 1 [42] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 15 | The English Spy | 2015 | 978-0062320056 | 7 [43] | 1 [44] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 16 | The Black Widow | 2016 | 978-0062320223 | 7 [45] | 1 [46] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 17 | House of Spies | 2017 | 978-0062354341 | 6 [47] | 1 [48] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 18 | The Other Woman | 2018 | 978-0062834829 | 5 [49] | 1 [50] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 19 | The New Girl | 2019 | 978-0062834836 | 5 [51] | 1 [52] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 20 | The Order | 2020 | 978-1460709764 | 6 [53] | 1 [54] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 21 | The Cellist | 2021 | 978-0063211988 | 5 [55] | 1 [56] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 22 | Portrait of an Unknown Woman [57] [58] | 2022 | 978-006-2834850 | 3 [59] | 3 [60] | |
| Gabriel Allon | 23 | The Collector [61] | 2023 | 978-0062834874 |
A Weeks on The New York Times best seller list B Highest level on The New York Times best seller list
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House of Spies is a 2017 spy novel by Daniel Silva. It is the seventeenth Gabriel Allon series. It was released on July 11, 2017 and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list at #1.
The Other Woman is a 2018 spy novel by Daniel Silva. It is the eighteenth book in the Gabriel Allon series. It opens in a remote Andalusian village, gradually unfolding the story of a Russian mole in British intelligence. It was released on July 17, 2018 and debuted at number 1 in the August 5 edition of the New York Times Bestseller list. It remained on the list for seven weeks through September 16.
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