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.

Comment Wall:

  • Daniel Hatadi

    Very glad to see you on board, Olen. :)

    May 20, 2007

  • Olen Steinhauer

    As I said (or suggested) on the top of the forums, I'm happy to be here, and as usual late-coming. It's amazing how you've put this comprehensive thing together--there's really nothing else like it around.

    May 20, 2007

  • Barbara Fister

    Nice to see you here, Olen!

    May 20, 2007

  • Olen Steinhauer

    And you too, Barbara. It's been a long time! I'm trying to dig myself, just a little out of the writer's solitude. Expect sudden bursts of conversation followed by head scratching mysterious disappearances. But overall, here.

    May 20, 2007

  • Mary Saums

    Hi -very nice to see you here. I love your books and look forward to the next one.

    May 21, 2007

  • Olen Steinhauer

    Hi Mary--thanks! This really is a great space.

    May 21, 2007

  • Vince Keenan

    Hi, Olen. I was wondering when the Nomads would finally wander over here.

    May 21, 2007

  • Olen Steinhauer

    Kevin begins, I follow. As usual.

    May 21, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    Hi Olen.

    indeed, nice to have you here.

    I like your yooks a lot, any chance that they will be translated into german ?

    May 21, 2007

  • Olen Steinhauer

    Thanks Bernd--I too have been hoping for a German translation, but so far no publishers have bit. My new agent, however, is focusing her energies on Germany, so I have high hopes that this year, perhaps, we'll see some movement on that front. I'm honestly surprised no German publisher has yet shown interest, since I think the books would do well there.

    May 21, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    Oh, there are several good and/or successful "american" authors, which are not translated into german (e.g. Bruen, Krueger) or not keeped up-to-date.

    And yes, I think, setting and style of your books would fit for the german market.

    May 21, 2007

  • Olen Steinhauer

    A friend of mine--Robert Wilson--is enjoying great success in Germany these days. So I've got a buddy to be jealous of! But I get your point, and will try not to be sour about it.

    May 21, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Olen, you changed the pic! Put that one up of you lighting a cigarette - that's a cool picture. The worst thing about having Smiley up there is if people meet you and say, hey you look just like your picture!

    May 22, 2007

  • Olen Steinhauer

    Imagine if that happened to Bernd, below, or Banks! Despite all the pics I've plastered elsewhere, I kind of like the anonymity of Smiley, who doesn't smile--and besides, if the kids see me smoking, they'll all start doing it! What about the children?

    May 22, 2007

  • Ali

    Olen - seen you at a few events Harrogate et al, never formally introduced myself as I really like you work - read two of you books, evocative and I can see the influences

    Best and your friend

    Ali

    May 23, 2007

  • Ali

    Yes, agreed - let's do that next time, especially as you taste in reading mirrors my own [to a degree]

    Cool - keep writing and I enjoy your blog

    Ali

    May 24, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    “Influences are funny things. My first reviews referenced influences I hadn't read,”

    Hallo Olen, that what I wonder about all the time when I sense a similarity. My gut feelings are that often these similarities are a result of a similar cultural background and not of a direct influence – but it is suggestive, isn’t ?

    BTW: what would be your alleged influences ?

    May 25, 2007