Sergei Kostin
Genres
Contemporary Fiction, History & Politics
Biography
Sergey Kostin is a spy novelist, expert in the history of espionage, and documentary film maker.
Despite graduating from the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Languages as a 'military translator', Kostin refused an offer to work in military intelligence, preferring to work as a translator in Algeria. He returned to the theme of espionage during the Nineties, while working in television.
Since then he has published several non-fiction books on the Cold War and espionage, showing the unglamorous reality of the spy's life (such as, The Man behind the Rosenbergs, published in English by Enigma Books in 2004) and a series of spy thrillers centring on his hero Paco Arraya (Paris Weekend, published by Enigma Books, 2008, Ram-Ram, and Sleepless in Afganistan). A film based on Kostin’s book Bonjour, Farewell has recently been filmed as L'Affaire Farewell, directed by Christian Carion and starring celebrated filmmaker Emir Kusturica in the leading role. Negotiations are currently underway about further adaptations of Kostin's work.
Kostin's latest work The Death of the White Mouse is out in Russia in 2011.
Prizes and awards
| 2007 | Shortlisted for National Bestseller (Paris Weekend / Бог не звонит по мобильному) |
| 2007 | Shortlisted for National Bestseller (Sleepless in Afghanistan / Афганская бессонница) |
Books
- Death of a White Mouse / Смерть белой мыши, Eksmo, 2011
- Ram-Ram / Рам-Рам, 2008
- Paris Weekend / Бог не звонит по мобильному, 2006
- Sleepless in Afghanistan / Афганская бессонница, 2006
Foreign Publications
In French
- Adieu Farewell / Adieu Farewell, 2009
- Confession d’un agent soviétique, 1999
- Bonjour Farewell. La vérité sur la taupe française du KGB, undefined, 1997
- La dramatique histoire des sous-marins nucléaires soviétiques, 1992
In English
- Paris Weekend, Enigma books, 2008
- The Man Behind the Rosenbergs, 2001