Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, then worked as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan, earning his black belt at the Kodokan International Judo Center along the way. Eisler’s bestselling thrillers have won the Barry Award and the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year, have been included in numerous “Best of” lists, and have been translated into nearly twenty languages. The first book in Eisler’s John Rain series, Rain Fall, has been made into a movie starring Gary Oldman that will be released by Sony Pictures Japan in April 2009. Eisler lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and Tokyo.
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Bethanne Patrick talks to Barry Eisler about his book, Fault Line, and his thoughts about global intelligence.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 12:05pm Giveaway: "Fault Line" by Barry Eisler
We've got five copies of Barry Eisler's sexy thriller Fault Line to give away today; If you've never read an Eisler book, let me assure you that these are novels you can put in your beach bag whether you're a man or a woman. Is this the "next wave" for thrillers -- books that aren't Just for Men or Just for Women? I'm not sure, but here's the question to answer by June 12 if you'd like to be a randomly selected winner:
Which author do you think is best for guys and dolls both?
Submitted by Bethanne on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 5:26pm A Conversation with Barry Eisler
When I told an industry colleague that Barry Eisler and I had talked a lot about sex, her response was: "But did you have sex with Barry Eisler? THAT is what women across the country want to know!" Eisler is probably one of the hippest, handsomest bestselling novelists out there, and evidently fans at thriller conventions and other book events practically throw their panties at the poor man (he's married and a father!) along with copies of his books to sign.
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