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Paul Vidich
Paul Vidich's new spy novel, Beirut Station, will be published in October 2023 by Pegasus Books. He is the author of five previous novels: The Matchmaker, The Mercenary, An Honorable Man, The Good Assassin and The Coldest Warrior.


Paul Vidich's New York: Hello to All This

The spy novelist reflects on Joan Didion, Ian Fleming, E.B. White, and a long history of complex feelings toward New York.

January 28, 2022  By Paul Vidich
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The Most Enduring Imposters in Crime Fiction and Espionage

Split identities, confidence schemes, and existential dilemmas.

February 2, 2021  By Paul Vidich
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What You May Not Know About Your Father, The Spy

In 1951, Paul Vidich's family took a trip to the former Yugoslavia. Seventy years later, he asks whether his father was there spying.

January 27, 2021  By Paul Vidich
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How John Le Carré Reinvented the Spy Novel

Novelist Paul Vidich reflects on the life and legacy of a literary giant.

December 24, 2020  By Paul Vidich
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Joseph Kanon: Why Spies Are the Ideal Subjects for Writers

Two spy novelists sit down to discuss fiction, turning points in history, how we inherited our world from The Third Man.

November 5, 2019  By Paul Vidich
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Writing in the Shadow of Graham Greene

On 'Our Man in Havana' and the Stories Greene Missed

March 29, 2018  By Paul Vidich
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When Your 60-Year-Old Family Mystery Shows Up on Netflix

Paul Vidich on the Story of His Uncle, Featured in Errol Morris's Wormwood

February 20, 2018  By Paul Vidich

Russians in the Whitehouse? Blackmail, Disinformation, and Michael Flynn

Thriller Writer Paul Vidich on KGB Tradecraft and the Mess in Washington

February 15, 2017  By Paul Vidich
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