Lincoln Journal Star Praises Berenson's "The Secret Soldier"

The Lincoln Journal Star recently reviewed "The Secret Soldier" by Alex Berenson, calling it "another top-notch Berenson thriller." The review also recounted the story of Berenson's first Johns Wells' novel, "The Faithful Spy," saying it is "still a magnificent read."

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Alex Berenson's Receives Positive Review for Latest Johns Wells' Novel

Alex Berenson's latest John Wells' novel, "The Midnight House," received a positive review from Sun2Surf. The review called the book "frighteningly believable" and "worth reading." The reviewer also praised all of Berenson's novels for having "plots are far-fetched enough to make for enjoyable thrillers, but not so that they lose their believability."

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GBF Featured Author Alex Berenson Releases New Kindle Book

Alex Berenson ("The Secret Soldier" and "The Midnight House") has released a new Kindle Single, "Lost in Kandahar," which tells the story of Berenson's time embedded with the the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan.

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GBF Author Q&A with... Alex Berenson

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.)

CNN Interviews Featured Author Alex Berenson

CNN recently interviewed GBF featured author Alex Berenson about his newest novel, "The Secret Soldier," and the current uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Alex Berenson Makes Washington Post Bestsellers List

Good news for another Gaithersburg Book Festival author! Alex Berenson's politically-charged thriller, "The Secret Soldier," joined the Washington Post's fiction hardcover list at #7 this week. Read more. Then make sure you come see him at the GBF on May 21.

Alex Berenson's Picks

Spy novelist Alex Berenson picks his favorite books about Americans abroad in The Daily Beast today. And, by the way, his new book, The Secret Soldier came out this week.

Alex Berenson is a GBF Featured Author this year. Come meet him on May 21st, and see more on our Featured Authors here.