Gayle Lynds

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 spy thrillers novels. Lynds is the co-founder of International Thriller Writers.

Early life In 1945, Lynds was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Lynds' father was an artist who worked on woods. Lynds grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

In 1996, Lynds' first novel Masquerade was published.

Lynds is known as the Queen of Espionage Fiction. 1998 Mosaic 2001 Mesmerized 2004 The Coil - Won Military Writers Society of America Best Novel. 2010 The Book of Spies (also printed as The Library of Gold) 2015 The Assassins - Won Military Writers Society of America Founder’s Awards for Best Novel.

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. 2008 Golden Quill Awards for The Hades Factor. Presented by American Author's Association. Masquerade was listed by Publishers Weekly as one of the ten top spy novels of all time. Mosaic was named "Thriller of the Year" by Romantic Times magazine.