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Alma Katsu on Thrillers, Deepfakes, and Keeping Up with New Technology

Alma Katsu on Thrillers, Deepfakes, and Keeping Up with New Technology

The futurist author of Incarnate explores the unintended consequences of AI

By Alma Katsu | September 21, 2026

The Unexpected Delights of Being a Jeopardy Clue

The Unexpected Delights of Being a Jeopardy Clue

Alma Katsu celebrates a banner moment in her career: seeing her novel mentioned on the famed quiz show

By Alma Katsu | May 28, 2025

What Do Real Spies Think of James Bond?

What Do Real Spies Think of James Bond?

"[W]hat you see on the screen is often the antithesis of good intelligence work"

By Alma Katsu | July 16, 2024

Sleeping with the Enemy: Alma Katsu's Reading List to Understand the Rise of the Oligarchs

Sleeping with the Enemy: Alma Katsu's Reading List to Understand the Rise of the Oligarchs

A former CIA analyst tees up why the Russian oligarchy in the UK remains a threat

By Alma Katsu | March 14, 2023

Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

When the writing gets personal...

By Alma Katsu | April 27, 2022

Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

Alma Katsu and Owen Matthews on Ideal Spies, Historical Fiction, and the Russia-West Divide

She was a senior intelligence analyst. He was a Moscow bureau chief. Now they're both writing spy thrillers.

By Alma Katsu | July 20, 2021

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