Olen Steinhauer

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Olen Steinhauer grew up in Virginia, and has since lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and New York. Outside the US, he's lived in Croatia (when it was called Yugoslavia), the Czech Republic and Italy. He also spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright grant, an experience that helped inspire his first five books. He now lives in Hungary with his wife and daughter.

He has published stories and poetry in various literary journals over the years. His first novel, The Bridge of Sighs (2003), the start of a five-book sequence chronicling Cold War Eastern Europe, one book per decade, was nominated for five awards.

The second book of the series, The Confession, garnered significant critical acclaim, and 36 Yal...more

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Books by Olen Steinhauer

Average rating: 3.70 · 4,526 ratings · 932 reviews · 17 distinct works

	The Tourist 3.65 avg rating — 2,381 ratings — published 2007 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Nearest Exit 3.84 avg rating — 970 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Bridge of Sighs: A Novel 3.54 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	My rating:
	An American Spy 3.73 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Confession 3.70 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	My rating:
	36 Yalta Boulevard 3.72 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Liberation Movements 3.71 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Victory Square 3.83 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Vienna Assignment 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Istanbul Variations 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:

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The Tourist (3 books)
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“Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort.”
― Olen Steinhauer, The Tourist

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“When he woke his conviction of failure was somehow less inevitable.”
― Olen Steinhauer, The Bridge of Sighs: A Novel

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“Russian?" I asked dumbly. I do that sometimes.”
― Olen Steinhauer, Victory Square

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