Edward Wilson is a native of Baltimore, USA. He studied International Relations on a US army scholarship and served as a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. After leaving the army, Wilson gave up US nationality to become a British citizen. He has also lived and worked in Germany and France. His first novel A River in May draws on his experience of the Vietnam War, while later books focus on espionage and the Cold War. He is a rare example of a literary novelist with popular appeal.
Books
Farewell Dinner for a Spy (2024).
Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man (2022).
South Atlantic Requiem (2018).
A Very British Ending (2015).
The Whitehall Mandarin (2014).
The Midnight Swimmer (2011).
The Darkling Spy (2010).
The Envoy (2008).
