Name: Alex Berenson Books: The Secret Soldier, The Midnight House, The Silent Man, The Ghost War, and The Faithful Spy,
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Where do you find inspiration?
In great books. Reading classics – or great modern literature – makes me want to improve my own story-telling and language.
What advice do you have for aspiring authors?
Sit down, turn off the television, disconnect from the Internet, and write. There's really no other way to learn.
What are you reading right now?
"Jawbreaker," a memoir by Gary Berntsen, the CIA officer who commanded the teams hunting for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001. Research for my new novel.
What's your favorite opening line from a book?
No single line comes to mind, though the first verse of Genesis is a heck of a way to start. Simple and clean.
What book has inspired or affected you in some way?
"The Quiet American," by Graham Greene
If you could sit down at dinner with three other authors, living or dead, which three authors would you choose?
Graham Greene, John le Carre, and Robert Penn Warren. (I'd say Tolstoy but he's a notorious depressive so the dinner would probably be less fun.)
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