Olen Steinhauer

54, Male

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Budapest
About Me:
Scribbler, author of The Bridge of Sighs, The Confession, 36 Yalta Boulevard (The Vienna Assignment in the UK), Liberation Movements (UK: The Istanbul Variations), and the forthcoming Victory Square, August 2007.

1/4th of Contemporary Nomad, www.contemporary-nomad.com
Website:
http://www.olensteinhauer.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Wignall, Bruen, Le Carre, Kundera, Wilson (Robert), Deighton, etc. These days it's espionage-based because of what I'm writing. If you have some suggestions in terms of realist contemporary espionage, feel free to clue me in.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Strangely, there seems to be more interesting TV than films these days. The Wire, Deadwood, and Battlestar Galactica triangulate the best for me. The last truly great film experience I had was Syriana, an experience I've had again and again.

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  • Rebecca26

    Loved The Bridge of Sighs. It is not a book I would naturally grab off the shelf. I read it for a book club and really enjoyed it. That is why I love my book clubs. At some point, I hope to read the others.

    Jun 5, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    Hello Olen,

    sorry to bother you again. But as I am writing a review about "36, Yalta Boulevard" (we Germans are obviously slow !) I wonder about your feelings about the (different) name of the british edition. In my personal view the british titel is not as evocative as the american one.

    Jul 13, 2007

  • Roger Newbury

    Hi Olen,

    I see from your profile, that you enjoy writing espionage stories. I've written 4 novels so far, and my 1st attempt at writing was in fact, a post cold war; nuclear weapons/espionage story, which I called 'Traitors' Net'. I still think it could be interesting, even though I wrote it in 1989/90, but bringing it up to date may ruin its original integrity... if it has any!
    I shall keep an eye out for your work, as reading may help any ideas I have to do a re-write and hopefully improve. I tend to write Horror mostly, but I'm also developing my crime-writing abilities, and children's stories too.
    Looking forward to getting to know more about you.

    Sep 16, 2007