Name: A Debut Spy Novel at the End of the Cold War
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Spy novels are like assassinations: they can be hit or miss. William Maz’s debut spy novel “The Bucharest Dossier” is an absolute hit. Maz joins the show to discuss his Cold War spy novel set in Romania on the eve of the 1989 Christmas Revolution. Learn about the story’s characters, how the story came about, and how this book is rather personal for the author.

William Maz was born in Bucharest, Romania, the primary setting of his debut novel, “The Bucharest Dossier.” He is a graduate of Harvard University and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He also studied writing at Harvard, The New School, and The Writer’s Studio in New York City.

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