Spy Writer David Ignatius David Ignatius, credit Washington Post Active: 1987-2020Key works: Siro, Agents of Innocence, A Firing Offence, Body of Lies, The Increment, Bank of FearEvery day I post these names I wonder to myself whether it’s a day when I’m going to face a torrent for putting someone too high or too low. I think this is the last...

Spy Writer Peter O'Donnell Active: 1965-96 Peter O'Donnell Key Works Modesty Blaise, Sabre Tooth, A Taste For Death, The Silver Mistress, I Lucifer, Pieces of Modesty, Cobra Trap Peter O'Donnell is ranked 10th in the Tim Shipman Best Spy Authors List Peter O'Donnell creator of Modesty Blaise ‘Reflecting on who and what I read and where I go back, I think I’m...

Spy Writer Edward S Aarons Active: 1955-75Key works: Assignment Tokyo, Assignment Budapest, Assignment to Disaster, Assignment Suicide Ranked 100th in the Tim Shipman Best Spy Authors ListEdward S Aarons wrote more than 80 pulp fiction thrillers, 42 of which featured CIA operative Sam Durrell. Every one of them starts with the word Assignment. The first was Assignment to Disaster. Aarons...

A few months ago, spy fan and journalist Tim Shipman published his list of the best spy authors of all time. This was no top ten list though; Tim revealed his favorite 125 spy writers and ranked them! He also gave us the lowdown on each spy author along with reading recommendations and where to...

Jump to… Wild Cards Pre- 1920 1920-1950 1950-1970 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000s 2010s to Today The Other 170 must-read spy authors by Tim Shipman. Let’s just call this project the Top 300 spy writers. As promised, I’ve now augmented the main list of 125 best spy writers I have enjoyed with what follows: more than...

Tim Shipman is sharing his 120 top spy writers in ranking order, for Spybrary. He shared the following message as he begins the countdown from 100.Before we get into the Top 100, I want to mention a few spy authors who likely won’t be appearing, primarily because I have not read them, or read enough...

Jump to… 125 – 110 109-96 95 – 80 79 – 66 65-50 50-45 45-30 30-10 The Top Ten Do we have a treat in store for you spy book fans! Many of you will know Tim Shipman as the Chief Political Commentator at the Sunday Times or maybe you know him as the author...