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James Wolff
James Wolff worked for the British government for over ten years before leaving to write spy fiction. His first novel, Beside the Syrian Sea, was a Times Crime Book of the Month and an Evening Standard Book of the Year. Of his second novel, How to Betray Your Country, the Spectator wrote that it marked 'the arrival of a major talent.' James Wolff lives in London.
What Happens When Britain's Secret Spies Aren't So Secret Anymore?
Britain's legendarily cloistered intelligence agencies are making an effort toward openness and inclusivity. What are we to make of it?
Can Contemporary Spy Novels Ever Live Up to the Cold War Classics?
James Wolff on the halcyon days of moral ambiguity—and some possible ways forward.
