Gordon Thomas
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Gordon Thomas is a Welsh author who has written fifty-three books. The total sales of his works exceed 45 million copies. Thomas lives in Ireland, with his wife, an interior designer. His four children work in various sections of the entertainment industry.
His Gideon’s Spies: Mossad’s Secret Warriors became a major documentary for Channel Four that he wrote and narrated: The Spy Machine. It followed three years of research during which he was given unprecedented access to Mossad’s key personnel. The documentary was co-produced by Open Media and Israfilm[1].
Gideon’s Spies: Mossad’s Secret Warriors has so far been published in 16 languages. The main source for this book is Ari Ben-Menashe, a self-described former Mossad agent. According to Charles Foster in Contemporary Review: "Writers who know their place are few and far between: fortunately Mr Thomas is one of them. By keeping to his place as a tremendous storyteller without a preacher's pretensions, he has put his book amongst the important chronicles of the state of Israel." [1]
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[edit] Major Awards
- 2 Mark Twain Society Awards for Reporting Excellence
- Shipwreck won him the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
[edit] Bibliography
- Journey Into Madness : The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse, by Gordon Thomas, Bantam, 1989, ISBN 0-553-05357-4
- Assassination of Robert Maxwell by Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon.
- Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. ISBN 0-312-25284-6.
- Robert Maxwell: Israel's Superspy : The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul by Martin Dillon and Gordon Thomas, Carroll & Graf Publishers, November 2003 ISBN 0-7867-1295-3
- Seeds of Fire: China and the Story Behind the Attack on America by Gordon Thomas, Dandelion Books Publishers, 2001, ISBN 1-893302-54-7.
[edit] Book clubs
Gordon's works have appeared in:
- The Book of the Month Club
- The Literary Guild Book
- The Readers Digest Book Club
[edit] Film Translations
- Voyage of the Damned won five Academy Award nominations
- Enola Gay won the Emmy Awards Foreign Critics Prize
- Experiences won the Experiences won the Juries and Critics prize at the Monte Carlo Film Festival
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Belfast News Letter, May 14, 1998
