Charles Cumming
Charles Cumming (born April 5, 1971 in Ayr , Scotland , Great Britain ) is a British writer of espionage novels .
Life
Cumming went from 1979 to 1984 to the boarding school Ludgrove School in Wokingham , Berkshire, England . Later he attended from 1985 to 1989 on the Eton College , to 1990 to 1994 at the University of Edinburgh , the professional English literature study. He graduated in this subject with top grades (1st Class Honors).
In 1995 the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) wanted to recruit Cumming. However, he refused. This experience is reflected in his first novel, A Spy By Nature , in which the hero of the novel is commissioned by the British Security Service (MI5), the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to manipulate documents about oil and gas in the Caspian Sea to play. This first novel, published in 2001, was followed by six more by 2014. In 2008 he published an online interactive story called The 21 Steps as part of the We Tell Stories project by Penguin Verlag .
Charles Cumming was associate editor of The Week magazine from 1996 to 2011 . He writes literary reviews for The Spectator and has appeared on various television programs , including Sky News and BBC World . He is on the board of directors of the fund that awards The Pierce Loughran Memorial Scholarship , which financially enables winners to attend the Yeats Summer School in Sligo , Ireland . He is the founder and president of the José Raúl Capablanca Memorial Chess Society .
Cumming lives in London .
Awards and honors
- 2008: Writer in Residence in the First Story category at Cranford Community College , London.
bibliography
- A Spy by Nature . Penguin Books, London 2001, ISBN 0-14-029476-7 .
- The Hidden Man . Penguin Books, London 2003, ISBN 0-14-029477-5 .
- The Spanish Game . Penguin Books, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-101783-X .
- Typhoon . Penguin Books, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-101802-7 .
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The Trinity Six. St. Martins Press, New York City 2011, ISBN 978-0-312-67529-5 .
- German: The Trinity Conspiracy. Goldmann, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-47829-3 .
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A Foreign Country , the First Thomas Kell Novel. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-00-733783-5 .
- German: translated by Walter Ahlers: The Tunis Affair. Thriller. Goldmann, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-47830-9 .
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A Colder War , the Second Thomas Kell Novel. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2014, ISBN 978-0-00-746747-1 .
- German: translated by Eva Bonné : The Istanbul plot . Goldmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-48251-1
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A Divided Spy , the Third Thomas Kell Novel. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2016,
- German: translated by Eva Bonné : Die London Connection , Goldmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-442-48609-0
Web links
- Author's website (en.)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cumming, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author of espionage novels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ayr , Scotland , UK |