Leslie Silbert is an American writer who has worked as a private investigator.[1] In 2004, she published her first novel The Intelligencer, a spy story based on an incident in the life of the British 16th-century author Christopher Marlowe.[2][3]
Silbert was inspired to write the novel when studying Elizabethan drama at Oxford University. On returning to New York City, she joined a private investigation business where she was guided by a former CIA agent. After working there for about a year, she left to devote her time to writing her novel.[4]
The Intellegencer has been translated into Dutch as De verspieder, German as Der Marlowe-Code (2004), Polish as Szpieg, wieczny tułacz (2004), Spanish as El informante (2005), Portuguese as A anatomia do segredo (2006), French as Le manuscrit du maître-espion : roman (2007) and Croatian as Obavještajac (2008).[5]
She is the daughter of Watergate prosecutor Earl J. Silbert.
References
edit- ^ Nolan, Tom (18 May 2004). "Women Writers Infiltrate The Realm of Spy Novels". The Wall Street Journal´. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Silbert, Leslie (2004). The Intelligencer. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7434-3986-2.
- ^ The Intelligencer. Simon & Schuster. 5 April 2005. ISBN 9780743432931. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Verheijen, Sander (1 June 2004). "Interview Leslie Silbert" (in Dutch). Hebban vandaag. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Leslie Silbert". The European Library. Retrieved 18 April 2016.