Gayle Lynds (born 1945) is an American former journalist, editor and author. Lynds is known as the Queen of Espionage Fiction for her
spy fiction or
spythrillers novels. Lynds is the co-founder of
International Thriller Writers.
Lynds' fiction career began with
literaryshort stories published under her own name and several
pulp fiction novels under male
pseudonyms such as G.H. Stone, Gayle Stone, Nick Carter, and Don Pendleton.[1]
Lynds is known as the Queen of Espionage Fiction.[5]
The Hades Factor, which she co-wrote with Robert Ludlum, was a CBS television miniseries in April 2006.
Personal life
Lynds' husband was
Dennis Lynds, also a novelist. Lynds and her family lived in Santa Barbara, California. In August 2005, Lynds' husband
Dennis Lynds died.[1][4]
In 2011 she married retired Maine district court judge John C. Sheldon. They lived near Portland.[7][1]
Lynds lives in Maine where she is a full-time novelist.
Works
This is a partial list of novels by Lynds.
Novels
1996 Masquerade - First spy novel written by a woman to become a bestseller.[5][8]
1998 Mosaic
2001 Mesmerized
2004 The Coil - Won Military Writers Society of America Best Novel.[5]
2006 The Last Spymaster - Won American Author's Association 2006 American Author Medal.[9][5][4]
2010 The Book of Spies (also printed as The Library of Gold)[10][3]
2015 The Assassins - Won Military Writers Society of America Founder’s Awards for Best Novel.[5][11]
Covert-One series
This is a list of novels from the Covert-One series. Lynds co-wrote these novel with Robert Ludlum.
2000 The Hades Factor - Won American Author's Association 2008 Golden Quill Awards.[9]