Barry Eisler

Barry Eisler

Barry Eisler, born 1964 in New Jersey (USA), is the author of a best-selling series of novels starring the anti-hero John Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former CIA-operative turned freelance assassin. The stories are set around the world and reflect (both Eisler and Rain's) CIA experience, martial arts training, and love of good Scotch.

Life

Before becoming a full-time writer, Eisler had four jobs. From 1989 to 1992, he held a covert position in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. He spent most of that stint working at the Japan desk. He left the agency to put his law degree from Cornell University to work at an international firm; next, he was an in-house counsel for Matsushita Electric Industrial (the parent company of Panasonic) in Osaka, Japan. Most recently, he was an executive at a Silicon Valley start-up.

The John Rain series has been translated into several languages, and has been optioned for a movie by Barrie Osborne, the Oscar winning producer of “Lord of the Rings.”

Eisler and his family live in Menlo Park, California. His latest novel, "Requiem for an Assassin," debuted at #19 on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Books

* "Rain Fall" (2002)
* "Hard Rain" (UK title: "Blood From Blood") (2003)
* "Rain Storm" (UK title: "Choke Point") (2004)
* "Killing Rain" (UK title: "One Last Kill") (2005)
* "The Last Assassin" (2006)
* "Requiem For an Assassin" (2007)

ee also

*Assassinations in fiction

External links

* [http://www.barryeisler.com/ Barry Eisler Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/barryeisler Barry Eisler] on MySpace
* [http://www.rationalreview.com/content/14540 Article on the John Rain Books] by Jeff Riggenbach


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