Meet Daniel Silva, Husband of Jamie Gangel
A fresh look at Meet Daniel Silva, Husband of Jamie Gangel, offering readers critical context.
Silva was reared in Michigan and is the son of Portuguese immigrants from the Azores.
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In 1984, Silva took a temporary position with United Press International to start his writing career.
He was tasked with reporting on the Democratic National Convention.
A year after Silva’s employment became permanent, he was moved to the company’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
He relocated to Cairo, Egypt, after two more years when he was hired as UPI’s Middle East correspondent.
In order to work for CNN’s Washington Bureau, Silva moved back to Washington, D.C.
His production and executive producing credits include Crossfire and Capitol Gang, two of the network’s television shows.
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He started writing his debut book, The Unlikely Spy, in 1994. (1996).
When the book was released, it immediately shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, and Silva left CNN in 1997 to focus solely on writing.
Since then, Silva has produced 13 more spy books, all of which have achieved New York Times best-seller status.
His books The Defector (2009), The Rembrandt Affair, and Moscow Rules (2008), which featured art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon, all peaked at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list (2010).
On July 19, 2011, he released Portrait of a Spy, which immediately became the number-one bestseller.
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