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American novelist (born )

Barry Mark Eisler (born ) is an American novelist. He is the author of three thriller series, the first featuring anti-heroJohn Rain, a half-Japanese, half-American former soldier turned freelance assassin, a second featuring black ops soldier Ben Treven, and his most recent centered on Seattle detective Livia Lone.

Eisler also writes about politics and language on his blog Heart of the Matter, and at the blogs CHUD, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, , The Smirking Chimp, and Truthout.

Early life

Eisler was born in New Jersey,^[1] his father was a wholesale office supplier, and his mother an environmental activist.

Eisler is Jewish and graduated from Cornell Law School in ^[2][3][4]

Early career

After completing law school, Eisler joined the CIA, where he trained for three years afterward and held a covert position with the Directorate of Operations.^[3] In , he resigne