Barry Eisler
Author of A Clean Kill in Tokyo aka Rain Fall
About the Author
After graduating from Cornell Law School in 1989, Barry Eisler spent three years with the U.S. government. For a decade thereafter he practiced various aspects of international law, including a year with the Japanese law firm of Hamada and Matsumoto in Tokyo and two years as in-house counsel at the show more Osaka headquarters of Matsushita Electric and Industrial Co., Ltd. Eisler's bestselling thrillers, have won the Barry Award and the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year and have been included in a number "Best Of" lists. He is the author of A John Rain Thriller Ser. He is also the author of Fault Line and Inside Out. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Barry Eisler
The Newbie's Guide to Publishing 10 copies
The Ass Is A Poor Receptacle For The Head: Why Democrats Suck At Communication, And How They Could Improve (2011) 8 copies
Tokyo killer 1 copy
Barry Eisler John Rain Series: Books 1-2: A Clean Kill in Tokyo & A Lonely Resurrection (A John Rain Novel) (2017) 1 copy
3189426 lk 1 copy
Killer Ascendan, The 1 copy
Associated Works
Livros Condensados: Barreira de Fogo | Matar Para Viver | Uma Paixão no Yorkshire | A Última Testemunha (2004) — Author — 4 copies
Válogatott könyvek 35. Michael Crichton - Préda; Nicholas Sparks - Viharos szerelem; Barry Eisler - Hajsza… (2004) — Author — 1 copy
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Rain Fall • The Shadow Catcher • The Summer That Never Was • The Christmas Train (2003) 1 copy
Kirjavaliot - Tokion varjot, Kuikan huuto, Minä en pelkää, Keskellä kylmää talvea (2003) — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1964
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New Jersey, USA
- Places of residence
- Osaka, Japan
Menlo Park, California, USA - Education
- Cornell University (JD)
- Occupations
- intelligence agent
lawyer
novelist - Organizations
- Central Intelligence Agency (1989-1992)
Matsushita Electric Industrial - Awards and honors
- He has received the Barry Award and the Gumshoe Award for the Best Thriller of the Year. "Rain Fall" has been made into a movie with Gary Oldman with a 2009 release date.
- Agent
- Dan Conaway (Writers' House, Inc.)
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Statistics
- Works
- 43
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 8,357
- Popularity
- #2,886
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 407
- ISBNs
- 320
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 41