Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Alan Furst

Born: February 20, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels. Furst has been called "an heir to the tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene," whom he cites along with Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler as important influences.
Known for:
- Night Soldiers (1988)
- A Hero of France (2016)
- Mission to Paris (2012)
- Midnight in Europe (2014)
- The Spies of Warsaw (2008)