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TITLE: Daniel Silva: Book Fest 07
SPEAKER: Daniel Silva
EVENT DATE: 09/29/2007
RUNNING TIME: 30 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
Daniel Silva in a presentation at the 2007 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Daniel Silva began his writing career as a journalist for United Press International (UPI), traveling in the Middle East and covering the Iran-Iraq war, terrorism and political conflicts. From UPI he moved to CNN, where he eventually became executive producer of its Washington-based public policy programming. In 1994 he began work on his first novel, "The Unlikely Spy", a surprise best seller that won critical acclaim. He turned to writing full time in 1997 and all of his books have been New York Times/national best sellers, translated into 25 languages and published across Europe and the world. His latest book is "The Secret Servant" (Penguin, 2007). Silva lives in Washington, D.C
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SERIES: National Book Festival 2007