Robert Littell (author)

Robert Littell (author)

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Robert Littell (born January 8, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American author residing in France. Littell specializes in spy novels that often concern the CIA and the Soviet Union.

A 1956 graduate from Alfred University in western New York, Littell spent four years in the U.S. Navy and served at times as his ship's navigator, antisubmarine warfare officer, communications officer, and deck watch officer.

Later Littell became a journalist and worked many years for "Newsweek" during the Cold War.

Littell is an amateur mountain climber and is the father of award-winning novelist Jonathan Littell.

Works

Novels

*"The Defection of A. J. Lewinter" (1973)
*"Sweet Reason" (1974)
*"The October Circle" (1975)
*"Mother Russia" (1978)
*"The Debriefing" (1979)
*"The Amateur" (1981)
*"The Sisters" (1986)
*"The Revolutionist" (1988)
*"The Once and Future Spy" (1990)
*"An Agent in Place" (1991)
*"The Visiting Professor" (1994)
*"Walking Back the Cat" (1997)
*"The Company" (2002)
*"Legends" (2005)
*"Vicious Circle" (2006)
*"The Stalin Epigram" (currently has a tentative release date of May 12, 2009)

emi-fiction

*"If Israel lost the war" (with Richard Z. Chesnoff and Edward Klein) (1969)

Non-fiction

*"For the Future of Israel" (with Shimon Peres) (1998)

Films

*"The Amateur" was made into a film of the same name in 1981.
*"The Company" was adapted into a six-part television miniseries in 2007.

Awards

*"The Defection of A. J. Lewinter". 1973 British Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award for fiction.

*"Legends". 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Mystery/Thriller category.

External links

* [http://photo75.free.fr/pages/arobert%20littell1.html Photography of Robert Littell]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1141540 "All Things Considered" review of "The Company".]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4701145 "All Things Considered" review of several books including "Legends".]
*imdb name|id=0514474|name=Robert Littell
* [http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/littell.html "January Magazine interview"]


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