Collaborators

Michael Idov is a novelist, director, and screenwriter. A Latvian-born American raised in Riga under Soviet occupation, he moved to New York after graduating from the University of Michigan. Michael’s writing career began at New York magazine, where his features won three National Magazine Awards, and he has also been the editor-in-chief of GQ Russia. Michael has worked on numerous film and TV projects, including Londongrad, Deutschland 83, Leto, and The Humorist. He and his wife and screenwriting partner, Lily, divide their time between Los Angeles, Berlin, and Portugal.

'A hell of an espionage thriller – thoroughly modern and frighteningly relevant, yet with clear reverence for the genre’s roots . . . I did not want to put this book down’ Alex DeMille, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Lines 'Compulsively readable, with more twists than a bar full of martinis, The Collaborators takes a deep dive into global espionage, what-ifs, and the things we do for those we love' I. S. Berry, Edgar Award-winning author of The Peacock and The Sparrow 'Smart, stylish, and propulsive from the very first page. I can't wait to see what Michael Idov writes next’ Anna Pitoniak, author of The Helsinki Affair ‘Intelligent and explosive’ Paul Burke, CrimeTime ‘What the ever expanding world of espionage fiction needs, it turns out, is a Yale-educated Millennial field operative who dresses in Weezer T-shirts and knows his way around a semi-automatic . . . a novel as cool as it is accomplished, that knits together action, tradecraft and quippy dialogue with flair’ Vogue (named a Best Book of the Year) ‘[A] globe-trotting spy adventure . . . Idov balances modern-day intrigue with Cold War flashbacks, tracing spy bloodlines from the former Soviet Union into today’ Paste Magazine ‘If you are in the mood for a high-stakes global espionage novel, with secret agents jet-setting all over the world, you have come to the right place. . . . cleverness and subterfuge abound, followed by a believable, real-world sort of denouement’ BookPage ‘A ripping gem of a novel. . . . Entertaining, rocketing, and unforgettable, The Collaborators is not to be overlooked’ Shelf Awareness ‘Idov is screenwriter as well as a novelist, so has a well-honed facility with plotting such a complex story and maintaining a blistering pace . . . it all comes together expertly’ Crime Fiction Lover ‘Sharp, freshly conceived, thoroughly entertaining’ Kirkus Reviews, starred review