Joseph Kanon
Joseph Kanon | |
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| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Trinity College |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Known for | Author of spy novels |
| Spouse | Robin Straus |
Joseph Kanon (born 1946) is an American author, best known for thriller and
spy novels set in the period immediately after World War II.[1]
Early life
In 1946, Kanon was born in Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education
Kanon studied at
The Atlantic Monthly
.
Career
Kanon was the
Houghton Mifflin and E. P. Dutton in New York
.
Kanon began his writing career in 1995. His first novel, Los Alamos (1997), became a bestseller and received the
Boston Globe and The New York Times have compared his work with the novels of Graham Greene and John le Carré.[2] A film based on The Good German was produced in 2006, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. Istanbul Passage is a spy thriller set in that city in 1945. Leaving Berlin (2015) concerns an American expatriate who becomes an unwilling double agent of the American and East German intelligence services during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949.[3]
Personal life
Kanon is married to Robin Straus, a literary agent. They reside in New York City, New York.
Works
- Los Alamos (1997)
- The Prodigal Spy (1998)
- The Good German (2001)
- Alibi (2005)
- Stardust (2009)
- Istanbul Passage (2012)
- Leaving Berlin (2014)
- Defectors (2017)
- The Accomplice (2019)
- The Berlin Exchange (2022)
References
- ^ a b Vidich, Paul (5 November 2019). "Joseph Kanon: Why Spies Are the Ideal Subjects for Writers". CrimeReads. Literary Hub. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Reviews of The Good German on the Joseph Kanon Website Archived 2006-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hammer, Joshua (24 March 2015). "Review: Leaving Berlin". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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