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Daniel Silva

ダニエル・シルバ　/　だにえる・しるば

American writer

December 19, 1960 (age 65)　・　Michigan, United States

Michigan
writer
journalist
novelist

My Take

Daniel Silva is, for me, one of the most disciplined thriller writers working. Trained as a journalist before fiction, and you feel that reporter's rigor in his Gabriel Allon spy series, the art-restorer-and-Mossad-agent hook that should feel gimmicky but doesn't. Two Barry Awards for Best Thriller confirm he's more than a beach-read machine. What I admire most is the annual cadence: a Michigan-born, Fresno State graduate quietly producing a polished book a year for decades. That consistency is its own kind of genius, harder than the occasional masterpiece. Allon aged in real time, which gave the whole series unusual emotional weight.

Overview

Daniel Silva (born 1960) is an American journalist and author of thriller and spy novels.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Daniel Silva
Name (Japanese): ダニエル・シルバ
Reading: だにえる・しるば
Born: December 19, 1960 (age 65)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Rat
Origin: Michigan, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / journalist / novelist / crime fiction writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: California State University, Fresno

Awards & achievements

2007 Barry Award for Best Thriller
2013 Barry Award for Best Thriller

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://danielsilvabooks.com
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1

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