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Gayle Lynds

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Gayle Lynds is the author of The Coil, Masquerade, Mosaic, and Mesmerized, and co-creator with Robert Ludlum of the Covert-One series. She was born in Nebraska, raised in Iowa, and now lives in California where she is a full-time novelist.

A member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Lynds is famous for being a female bestselling novelist in the male-dominated genre of spy fiction. With David Morrell, she co-foundeded and is co-president of International Thriller Writers, Inc.

Lynds began her writing career as a reporter for the Arizona Republic, where her investigative reporting made such an impact that it led to changes in state legislation. Later, she was an editor with Top Secret security clearance at a government think tank. She was also editor of Santa Barbara magazine. Her fiction career began with literary short stories published under her own name and several pulp fiction novels under male pseudonyms. She also wrote three mystery novels for boys in The Three Investigators series.

The Coil was a 2004 BookPage "Notable Title" and won the Affaire de Coeur reader poll for best contemporary novel. Mosaic was named thriller of the year by Romantic Times magazine. Mesmerized was a finalist for the 2002 Daphne Du Maurier Award.

Her next novel, The Last Spymaster, is out now and has received rave reviews.

Books by Gayle Lynds

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	Cover	Title - Desc	Year	Coauthors	Fav	Own	Want
		The Last Spymaster Charles Jay Tice was a spy's spy--a legendary figure in the CIA, and the intelligence world in general, towards the end of the Cold War. But he was also a traitor, having sold secrets that seriously...	2006
		The Coil A sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel, Masquerade, The Coil picks up several years later. Liz Sansborough, former CIA agent and now an academic, has managed to put the pieces of her life b...	2004
		Mesmerized NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR GAYLE LYNDS DELIVERS BIG WITH HER PULSE-POUNDING, EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT ESPIONAGE THRILLER. After a heart transplant saves brilliant Washington attorney Beth Convey, sh...	2001
		Mosaic Praised by writers from Clive Cussler to Sue Grafton, Gayle Lynds has emerged as a leading star of suspense fiction. Her bestselling debut novel Masquerade was hailed as 'gloriously paranoid, immense...	1998
		Masquerade A woman has lost her memory. She may be a CIA agent gone bad--or an innocent target. But in a world of mirrors, it's almost impossible to see the truth--and even harder to escape it. 'Move over, Ian F...	1996
		The Book of Spies For centuries, emperors, historians, and even the Vatican have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible’s magnificent Library of Gold — a long-missing archive containing gold-covered, bejeweled books dat...

Covert One

	Title - Desc	Year	Coauthors
4	The Altman Code When word reaches the President of the United States that a Chinese cargo ship is transporting chemicals to a rogue nation intent on creating new biological weapons, the president knows he must act qu...	2003	Robert Ludlum
3	The Paris Option For thirty years, Robert Ludlum's novels have set the standard for the finest in international intrigue and suspense. With an unbroken string of bestsellers in almost every country in the world, his b...	2002	Robert Ludlum
1	The Hades Factor One of the leading suspense novelists of our day, Robert Ludlum has over 200 million copies of his bestselling books in print.Now Ludlum unleashes Covert-One, a bold new series of intrigue, espionage,...	2000	Robert Ludlum

Three Investigators - Crimebusters

	Title - Desc	Year
7	Reel Trouble The Three Investigators look into a case of pirating in the recording industry....	1989
	Fatal Error	1990
	Rough Stuff After crash-landing in the high Sierras the Three Investigators encounter a village of mysteriously ill Indians and some unusually blood-thirsty hunters....	1989
	High Strung