Jason Matthews (Author)
Jason Matthews (* 1951 ) is an American author and employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Matthews worked for the CIA for a total of 33 years through 2010 and began his writing career after he retired.
In 2014, Matthews was honored with the International Thriller Award for his book Red Sparrow ( Scribner 2013) for best first novel. He was also awarded the Edgar Award for the best first novel by an American author in 2014 for the book Red Sparrow by the National Office of Mystery Writers of America , New York . In 2018, the film adaptation of the work by Francis Lawrence , starring Jennifer Lawrence , was released in cinemas.
Works
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Red Sparrow , Scribner, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1-476-70612-2 .
- Operation Red Sparrow , Goldmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-48143-9 .
- Palace of Treason , Scribner, New York 2015, ISBN 978-1-476-79374-0 .
- The Kremlin's Candidate , Scribner, New York 2018, ISBN 978-1-501-14008-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jason Matthews in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jason Matthews in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ex-CIA Agent and 'Red Sparrow' Author Jason Matthews Talks About the Russian Threat Interview with Jason Matthews on the military.com platform, which is primarily aimed at members of the US armed forces, accessed on January 23, 2019
- ↑ Charles McGrath: Shadowing Jason Matthews, an Ex-Spy Whose Cover Identity Is Author . In: The New York Times, May 27, 2015; accessed on March 1, 2018.
- ^ Official author page of the publishing house Simon & Schuster on Jason Matthews , accessed on January 22, 2019
- ↑ Database of Edgar Awards Winners of the National Office of Mystery Writers of America, New York , accessed January 15, 2019
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Matthews, Jason |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and employee of the CIA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |