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Crowley Clark on Writing Spy Fiction

Debut thriller author Crowley Clark discusses writing spy thrillers, research, favourite spy novels and his dream spy dinner guests

Shane Whaley

CWA Gold Dagger judge and Spies on Screen author Paul Burke joins Spybrary as Head of Fiction, leading our spy fiction coverage

Spybrary Appoints Crime and Spy Fiction Critic Paul Burke as Head of Fiction

CWA Gold Dagger judge, former Spymasters anchor and author of Spies on Screen, Paul Burke joins Spybrary as Head of Fiction. Here's what it means...

Shane Whaley

William Boyd on Spy Fiction and Creating Gabriel Dax

William Boyd on the Appeal of Spy Fiction and Creating Gabriel Dax

William Boyd talks spy fiction and writing spy novels with Oliver Webb Carter on the Spybrary podcast

Shane Whaley

David McCloskey discusses London Station on the Spybrary podcast

David McCloskey on London Station: CIA vs MI6, Artemis Procter & the Special Relationship

CIA vs MI6. Artemis Procter in London. And one very awkward Special Relationship. David McCloskey joins Tim Shipman to go inside London Station

Shane Whaley

Spy Thriller Writer Interview with David McCloskey

Former CIA Analyst David McCloskey on London Station and Writing Spy Thrillers

Former CIA analyst and bestselling spy novelist David McCloskey joins Spybrary to talk about his new novel London Station, how his CIA career influences his...

Shane Whaley

Inside Traitors: Lies, Spies and Suspense with Robert B. McCaw

Robert B. McCaw on Traitors: how law, interrogation, Russia and real-world geopolitics shaped his authentic espionage thriller.

Shane Whaley

Former MI6 operative Charles Beaumont spy author

Former MI6 Operative Charles Beaumont on Writing Spy Fiction – Licence to Spill

Welcome to Licence to Spill, Spybrary’s spy author Q&A series, where we put spy writers under the spotlight and ask them the questions spy thriller...

Shane Whaley

From Bourne to le Carré: Jinwoo Park on The Oxford Soju Club

Jinwoo Park joins Spybrary to discuss The Oxford Soju Club, from its Bourne-inspired beginnings to its exploration of deep-cover spies, immigrant identity and the psychology...

Shane Whaley

Sweden’s Stay Behind Cold war Spy network with Johan Wennstrom

Sweden’s Secret Cold War Spies: Dead Drops, Hidden Cells and the Stay Behinds

Sweden claimed neutrality during the Cold War, but behind the scenes a secret Stay Behind network was preparing for Soviet occupation. Historian Johan Wennström joins...

Shane Whaley

Simon Conway on Writing Spy Fiction – Licence to Spill

Welcome to Licence to Spill, Spybrary’s spy author Q&A series, where we put spy writers under the spotlight and ask them the questions spy thriller...

Shane Whaley