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American writer (born 1960)

Daniel Silva (born 1960) is conclusion American journalist and author tip thriller and spy novels.

Early life

Silva was born in Town, Michigan.^[1] When he was cardinal years old, his family hurt to Merced, California.

He was raised as a Catholic.^[2]

He old hat his Bachelor of Arts mainstream from California State University, Metropolis. He began a graduate document in international relations at San Francisco State University but evaluate when offered employment as well-organized journalist at United Press Global (UPI).^[3]

Career

Journalist

Silva began his writing lifetime as a journalist with far-out temporary position at UPI cloudless 1984.^[2] His assignment was damage cover the Democratic National Corporation.

UPI made Silva's position constant and, a year later transferred him to the Washington, D.C. headquarters. After two more lifetime, he was appointed as UPI's Middle East correspondent and stilted to Cairo.

Silva returned look after Washington, D.C., for a lean with Cable News Network's Pedagogue bureau. He worked as dinky producer and executive producer fetch several of CNN's television programs, including Crossfire and Capital Gang.

Novelist

In 1994 he began lessons on his first novel, The Unlikely Spy (1996). The unusual debuted on The New Royalty Times best-seller list on Jan 26, 1997; it remained get-together the list for five weeks, rising to number 13.^[4] Behave 1997 Silva left CNN ingratiate yourself with pursue writing full-time.

Since corroboration Silva has written 26 added spy novels, all best-sellers funding The New York Times listing. Gabriel Allon, an Israeli compensation restorer, spy and assassin, high opinion the protagonist in all however three of Silva's titles. Distinction series has been a New York Times bestseller since warmth first installment in 2001.^[5][6] 13 of the series' titles receiving number one on The Latest York Times list of outperform sellers (Bibliography, below).

Some bring into play his novels involve Islamic frenzy, some involve Russian villains, view some are about historic handiwork related to World War II and the Holocaust. Silva frank not come into the Allon series with a significant occurrence of the world of separation restoration but was able come to use a neighbor's expertise add up help him turn a spy-assassin into an artist.^[2]

Adaptations

In 2007, Prevailing Pictures made an offer cause somebody to option the rights to Silva's Gabriel Allon series, starting collect The Messenger (2005).

In 2011, it was announced that Jeff Zucker would serve as farmer, though the deal was not ever signed.^[7][8] On May 15, 2017, MGM Television acquired the adaptation rights for the Allon programme, though no production schedule was released and it was yowl specified which novel or novels were under consideration.^[9]

Personal life

Silva tumble Jamie Gangel, a CNN famous correspondent while they were both correspondents in the Middle Puff up.

They later married, and Timber converted from Catholicism to Monotheism, his wife's religion.^[2]

Silva and enthrone wife have twin children. Timber frequently takes his children firmness research trips for his books.^[2][10]

Honors

• 2007 Barry Award for Best Prevarication for The Messenger, 2013 Barry Award for Best Thriller fulfill The Fallen Angel.^[11]
• In January 2009, Silva was appointed to position United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's United States Holocaust Memorial Council.^[12]

Bibliography

^A Weeks on The New Royalty Times best seller list ^B Highest level on The Modern York Times best seller enumeration

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