The Patterson School was delighted to receive Mr. Gene Coyle
this week. Mr. Coyle joined the CIA in
1976 as a field operations officer and served overseas for over thirty
years. Since his retirement, Coyle
returned to Indiana University, where he received his B.A. and M.A., as a visiting
CIA Professor. Life after the CIA has
been very fruitful for Mr. Coyle — He has written numerous fictional books that
are certain to entertain readers. You
can find his latest book here. Mr. Coyle’s transition from spy to writer is
not unique (see Ian Fleming, John le Carré, and Jason Mathews). However, what is less known is the writer
turned spy; The following list may be of help to those who ever wondered about
their favorite author’s secret life.
1)
Ernest Hemingway
I am a huge fan of Hemingway and am currently
re-reading For Whom the Bell Tolls, a
novel about the Spanish civil war.
Interestingly, I recently just found that Mr. Hemingway was only able to
write about the Spanish civil because he first hand experience of it — as a KGB
spy. However, much to my relief, Mr.
Hemingway also “had relationships with the intelligence section of the US
embassy in Havana as well as with at least three US intelligence agencies: The
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).”[1]
2)
C.S. Lewis
This one is relatively surprising: Christian
writer turned spy? Nevertheless, it has
recently been revealed that Mr. Lewis faithfully served his country during
WWII. Many would think this would be his
fabulous lectures on the BBC Network during the Nazi bombardment. Instead, “the general public and the world of
scholarship had no idea that C.S. Lewis began his wartime service by
undertaking a mission for M16.”[2]
3)
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and
regarded as one of the great children’s author of the 20th century,
spied against the United States for the British. “Apparently motivated by a combination of
duty and lust, Dahl slept with countless high society women while gathering
intelligence in the United States.”[3]
[1]
Nicohlas Reynolds, “A Spy Who Made His Own Way,” CIA, https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol.-56-no.-2/pdfs/Reynolds-Hemingway%20A%20Dubious%20Spy.pdf.
[2]
Harry Lee Poe, “C.S. Lewis Was a Secret Government Agent.” Christianitytoday, December 15, 2015, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/december-web-only/cs-lewis-secret-agent.html?start=4.
[3]
Andrew Alderson, Roald Dahl was a
real-life James Bond style spy, new book reveals, August 7, 2010, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/7931835/Roald-Dahl-was-a-real-life-James-Bond-style-spy-new-book-reveals.html.
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