Barry Eisler

About Me

I've been blessed with a variety of interesting jobs: a covert position with the CIA's Directorate of Operations; attorney in an international law firm; in-house counsel at the Osaka headquarters of Matsushita Electric; executive in a Silicon Valley technology startup.

These days I write full time: thrillers with a lot of realistic action, exotic locations, and steamy sex. My agency training, my time as a lawyer, my experiences in Japan, and a background in martial arts all inform my writing.

The books have won the Deadly Pleasures Barry Award and the Mystery Ink Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year; have been included in numerous “Best Of” lists; and have been translated into nearly twenty languages. Sony Pictures Japan has made a movie based on the first book in my assassin John Rain series, Rain Fall, starring Gary Oldman and a mostly Japanese cast.

I'm also a long time political and news junkie, and the stories I write grow out of the headlines I read. The Heart of the Matter is my nonfiction venue for discussing what's going on in the world.

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The Heart of the Matter  
Humanity Against Crimes Retired Military Patriot Jim White ondelette Jedikalos