Gayle Lynds

Gayle Lynds

Gayle Lynds is an American author. A member of the U.S. Association for Intelligence Officers, she is known for being a bestselling novelist in the male-dominated genre of spy fiction or spy thrillers. Award-winning author, her books are published in some twenty countries.

Born in Nebraska, Lynds was raised in Iowa, graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in journalism, and now lives in California where she is a full-time novelist.

Lynds began her writing career as a reporter for the "Arizona Republic", where her investigative reporting made such an impact that it led to changes in state legislation. Later, she was an editor with Top Secret security clearance at a government think tank. Her fiction career began with literary short stories published under her own name and several pulp fiction novels under male pseudonyms such as G.H. Stone, Gayle Stone, Nick Carter, and Don Pendleton. She also wrote three novels in The Three Investigators, a YA mystery novel series. With Robert Ludlum, she created the Covert-One series and wrote three of the books. In 2004, she co-founded and was elected co-president (with David Morrell) of International Thriller Writers, Inc.

"The Last Spymaster" was awarded the 2006 Novel of the Year prize from the Military Writers Society of America. "Masquerade" was listed by "Publishers Weekly" as one of the ten top spy novels of all time. "The Coil" was a 2004 "BookPage" "Notable Title" and won the "Affaire de Coeur" reader poll for "Best Contemporary Novel." "Mosaic" was named "Thriller of the Year" by "Romantic Times" magazine. "Mesmerized" was a finalist for the 2002 Daphne du Maurier Award. "The Hades Factor", which she cowrote with Robert Ludlum, was a CBS television miniseries in April 2006.

Gayle Lynds was the first author to be featured by The Internet Book Database in June 2006.

Her husband, fellow novelist Dennis Lynds, died in August 2005.

Novels

* "The Last Spymaster" (2006)
* "The Coil" (2004)
* "Mesmerized" (2001)
* "Mosaic" (1998)
* "Masquerade" (1996)

Covert-One Novels with Robert Ludlum

* "The Altman Code" (2003)
* "The Paris Option" (2002)
* "The Hades Factor" (2000)

External links

* [http://www.gaylelynds.com GayleLynds.com]
* [http://www.internationalthrillerwriters.com InternationalThrillerWriters.com]


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