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Olen Steinhauer

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Olen Steinhauer grew up in Virginia, and has since lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and New York. Outside the US, he's lived in Croatia (when it was called Yugoslavia), the Czech Republic and Italy. He also spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright grant, an experience that helped inspire his first five books. He now lives in Hungary with his wife and daughter.

He has published stories and poetry in various literary journals over the years. His first novel, The Bridge of Sighs (2003), the start of a five-book sequence chronicling Cold War Eastern Europe, one book per decade, was nominated for five awards.

The second book of the series, The Confession, garnered significant critical acclaim, and 36 Yal
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“Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort.”
Olen Steinhauer, The Tourist

“God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise”
Olen Steinhauer, The Cairo Affair

“That is why fiction existed, as a way to look at the world without being broken by it.”
Olen Steinhauer, The Middleman

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