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I.S. Berry | THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW

6 days

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is out now in paperback. Joseph Weisberg, creator of The Americans, calls it "the most realistic espionage story I've read." Hope you will check it out. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster #thepeacockandthesparrow

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I.S. Berry | THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW

@isberryauthor

4 months

Absolutely blown away that THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is nominated for an Edgar. Speechless. Thank you to @EdgarAwards & congrats to my fellow nominees! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster @AtriaBooks #edgars2024

Mystery Writers of America

@EdgarAwards

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Congratulations to the nominees for Best First Novel by an American Author. #Edgars2024

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@isberryauthor

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Research for my next spy novel. Snow's coming down & I'm plunging in! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @DionNissenbaum @simonmontefiore @ronenbergman @OrenKessler

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@isberryauthor

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Let’s do this! #edgars2024 @EdgarAwards @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

4 months

For many years, my new year's resolution has been to get my book out into the world. Thanks so much to @simonschuster , @AtriaBooks , readers & everyone along the way for helping THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW take flight. New resolution: book 2! HNY! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

10 months

The @IntlSpyMuseum just feels like home (partly b/c I was a spy and partly b/c the staff is so wonderful). What a great signing. One woman drove up from Charlottesville to see me! Thank you to everyone! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

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So long, #NYC . Best trip ever. 🥹 #thepeacockandthesparrow #edgars2024 @EdgarAwards @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

1 month

Readers who like THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW’s Middle East setting often ask me for recommendations. Here are some of my top Mid East fiction picks. If I'm missing any, let me know! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @paulvidich @mccloskeybooks @AlaaAswany

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@isberryauthor

17 days

Thanks to the @IntlSpyMuseum for another great signing - this time, the paperback edition of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW. Nicest staff ever, & so many enthusiastic readers. Still some signed copies left in the bookshop! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors #spy @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

27 days

Paperback of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW drops in a few days! So snapped some pics at @MrSmithsDC , the bar where Aldrich Ames sold secrets to the Soviets. "You can be a hero or a traitor," my character Rashid says. "The choice is yours." @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @cia

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@isberryauthor

1 year

Spying for @CIA in wartime Baghdad, 2004-5. What you can’t see: the go-bag at my feet. The fear. The people next to me, who kept me going. Spying's not always glamorous. In THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, I tried to process this heavy profession. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

4 months

What a way to end the year. Incredibly grateful to @NewYorker , @NPR , @diplocourier , @thecipherbrief , & #deadlypleasuresmysterymagazine for naming THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW a best book of the year. #spynovel #cia @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster

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@isberryauthor

8 months

“Best 2023 spy novel so far”- @spybrary . “Best spy novel this year”- @Jeff_Circle . “Best spy novel in a long time”- @BruceBorgos , @robpas . “Best spy thriller of the summer”- @TheJohnNantz . “Best spy novel in forever”- @ZacBissonnette . Thanks everyone! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

9 days

Headed up to #NYC on @Amtrak for #edgars2024 . 🥂 3-hour train ride w/ my fave @Pret banh mi sandwich + a good book = bliss. @EdgarAwards #thepeacockandthesparrow @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster @PretUsa

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@isberryauthor

2 months

A bit speechless that, in addition to an Edgar and a Barry (which already blew my mind), THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is now up for an @thrillerwriters award for Best First Novel. (what?!) (& best audiobook as well!) So grateful. Thank you, ITW! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

ITW Organization

@thrillerwriters

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BEST FIRST NOVEL NOMINEES: I.S. Berry @amychua @MargotDouaihy Kerryn Mayne @SteveUrszenyi

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@isberryauthor

5 months

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is officially a @NewYorker best book of the year! Could not be more elated & honored & grateful. @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @ITWDebutAuthors #thepeacockandthesparrow #thenewyorker 🔗

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@isberryauthor

3 months

Last night at @PoliticsProse , James Grady of SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR fame (+ one of the nicest writers out there), entertained a full house w/ stories of 1950s rural Montana, where he grew up. His new book, THE SMOKE IN OUR EYES, chronicles this era. Can't wait to read it.

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Total honor to sign stock at NYC’s iconic @TheMysterious bookshop. @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

6 months

Every year, I read @NPR 's list of best books. So it's indescribable to see THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW on this year's list. "...a spy thriller that is engaging & utterly believable." Thanks to @nprbooks & @SDrummondNPR ! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors 🔗

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@isberryauthor

6 months

My son made this awesome wooden bookmark at his school's CAD lab for his "author mom" and her book. (That face - etched in wood!) Could not love anything - or anyone - more.♥️ @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors #thepeacockandthesparrow #bookmarks #boymom #CAD

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@isberryauthor

5 months

Finished A SPY ALONE. Beaumont is at the forefront of the espionage genre, capturing the changing nature of intelligence: soft influence & business deals are overtaking stolen secrets; long-term insinuation is replacing Cold-War tradecraft. Brilliant read. @Cb20226 @spybrary

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@isberryauthor

1 year

What folks are saying about The Peacock and the Sparrow. On shelves 5/30. (Thank you to @joeweisberg , @JosephKanon , @almakatsu , and @LindsayMoran !) @simonschuster @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

2 months

Thrilled w/ the paperback cover of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (out 4/16/24). So many readers love the hardcover that we wanted to retain its basic elements. But the colors are inverted: in espionage, sometimes "the sky is the ground and the ground the sky." @AtriaMysteryBus

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@isberryauthor

8 months

Today one of my most meaningful events- a chat w/ the @CIA 's creative writing group, Invisible Ink. Total honor. No pics allowed inside the building, but I left w/ a pen flashlight, which seemed appropriate to THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (IYKYK). @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

15 days

Spotted by a reader on the DC metro orange line. 🦚🚇 @wmata @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster #dcmetro @OUTFRONTMEDIAUS #thepeacockandthesparrow

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@isberryauthor

10 months

Special shout-out to these 2 amazing women, military officers I worked w/ in Baghdad. Nearly 20 years ago, we dodged mortars together. Yesterday they showed up at my book signing…b/c that’s just who they are. Love these ladies. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @IntlSpyMuseum

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@isberryauthor

23 days

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is out now in paperback. Joseph Weisberg, creator of The Americans, calls it "the most realistic espionage story I've read." Hope you will check it out. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster #thepeacockandthesparrow

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@isberryauthor

2 months

A piece I wrote for @talk_spy about the @CIA creative writing group, Invisible Ink; how my relationship with the Agency has changed; & how my spy novel, THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, brought peace. @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @SpyTalker

My Spy Novel Helped Me Make Peace with the CIA

Years after her exit from the agency, Ilana Berry was invited back to talk with aspiring CIA authors

www.spytalk.co

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@isberryauthor

8 months

Thanks to The @NewYorker for making THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW one of its best books of the week! "...the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about reads." 🥂🦚 @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

3 months

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW spotted at Newark Airport. ✈️ 🦚 @EWRairport #newjersey #newark @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @HudsonBooks

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Match the author to the book! @ITWDebutAuthors @thrillerwriters @AtriaMysteryBus @TR_Hendricks @Adam_R_Sikes @jon7payne @TXMichelle_Cruz

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@isberryauthor

1 year

Thanks to @haverfordedu for hosting an early pre-pub book signing of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW while I was there for my reunion. @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster

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@isberryauthor

2 months

So honored that THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW was nominated for a Barry Award. Thank you to Deadly Pleasures Magazine! & congrats to my fellow nominees, incl. friends @BruceBorgos , @IrisYamashita , @ninaksimon ! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster @AtriaBooks

Atria Mystery Bus

@AtriaMysteryBus

2 months

💥BREAKING NEWS 💥 THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by @isberryauthor has been nominated for the Barry Award for Best First Mystery or Crime Novel! The winner will be announced at the Opening Ceremonies of the Nashville @Bouchercon on August 29, 2024. #Bouchercon2024

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@isberryauthor

5 months

My nightstand currently. 😳 📚📚📚

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@isberryauthor

2 months

Outtake from my nominee reading of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW for @EdgarAwards . Graffiti was an important part of both my story & the Arab Spring - a way for dissidents to express themselves. #edgars2024 @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Popping into the @TheMysterious bookshop at Thrillerfest. @ITWDebutAuthors @JM_AdamsAuthor @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

3 months

Thanks, @AtriaBooks / @simonschuster ! Delighted to be nominated! @AtriaMysteryBus @EdgarAwards @ITWDebutAuthors #edgars2024

Atria Books

@AtriaBooks

3 months

Congratulations to @isberryauthor for #THEPEACOCKANDTHESPARROW being a EDGAR AWARD nominee in the Best First Novel by an American Author category! 📚🎉

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@isberryauthor

20 days

Thrilled to see THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW on The Association of Former Intelligence Officers' Best Books of 2023 list, alongside @DrHelenFry , @OrenKessler , @mccloskeybooks , & others. @AFIO @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @simonschuster #spy @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

1 month

Thanks to @ThrillerPodcast for this thoughtful, nuanced discussion of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (spoilers, so read the book first!). & thanks to Mike who read the book TWICE (!!) & figured out all the secrets.. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors 👇 🔗

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@isberryauthor

7 months

As a @CIA spy in Baghdad & @DeptofDefense intelligence analyst in the Balkans, I've had the privilege of working w/ many West Point grads. Some of the finest people I've known. So it's a true honor to do a signing this Friday at @WestPoint_USMA . @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

24 days

Come to the @IntlSpyMuseum this Sat, 4/20, where I'll be signing THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, which comes out in paperback tomorrow! And stay for the new "Bond in Motion" exhibit, showcasing the 007 cars.🕵️🚗 @CIA #CIA @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

6 months

Wow, what a lovely surprise to see that THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW has been shortlisted for best debut crime novel of 2023! Thanks to all the readers who voted!🤸‍♂️🦚 @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster #thepeacockandthesparrow

CrimeFictionLover

@CriFiLover

6 months

CRIME FICTION LOVER AWARDS 2023 🏆The shortlists for our six categories have been compiled – it's time to vote for your book of the year and top debut, crime in translation and indie novel, plus your top crime show of 2023 and author of the year.

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@isberryauthor

5 months

I'm blown away. THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW named a best spy novel of 2023 by iconic Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine - alongside greats Mick Herron, @paulvidich , @CharlesCumming , John Lawton, & Matthew Richardson. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors 🔗

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@isberryauthor

8 days

Great night at the @TheMysterious #edgars2024 celebration, where I got to hang w/ so many wonderful authors, incl. Stacy Woodson, Ritu Mukerji, @paulvidich , @JM_AdamsAuthor , @JackMurphyRGR , among others. @EdgarAwards @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

8 months

Lucky enough to sit next to amazing thriller writer E.A. Aymar (NO HOME FOR KILLERS & WHEN SHE LEFT (forthcoming)) on the flight to @Bouchercon . p.s. always feels a bit weird traveling on planes after writing THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (IYKYK). @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

2 months

Proud to be one of the few female authors in the spy novel genre. In honor of women’s history month, some of my favorite female authors: Patricia Highsmith, Willa Cather, Herta Müller, Marguerite Duras, Zora Neale Hurston. Check them out! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

10 months

Special thanks to @MarkSZaidEsq , my dear friend & nt'l security lawyer extraordinaire (the guy in the intel world who answers 0300 calls & always knows the *true* story), for coming out to support me & THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW @IntlSpyMuseum . @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

5 months

Baby, it's cold outside! Get your blood flowing with a "fast-moving" spy novel, an @npr best book of the year. ☕️🦚 #bestbooks2023 @nprbooks @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster #npr #thepeacockandthesparrow

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@isberryauthor

1 month

Hometown sightseeing! (1) OSS chief William "Wild Bill" Donovan's house, set discreetly back from the street; (2) Roald Dahl's residence as a British intel officer (apparently quite the ladies' man); (3) home of Allen Dulles, @CIA director thru the Bay of Pigs. #georgetown #spy

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@isberryauthor

6 months

2 former @CIA spies (turned authors) out for dinner & drinks. More than 20 yrs since we first met in the halls of Langley. Great seeing my gal pal @LindsayMoran . #womenspies #espionage #blowingmycover #thepeacockandthesparrow @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors #cia

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@isberryauthor

8 months

🙏 to stores who've made PEACOCK a staff pick, highlighted it, or otherwise helped it fly! @BNCarlePlace @bnHendersonNV @PagePalette @charmcitybooks @ParnassusBooks1 @TheGDBookShop @BNFairfax @BNfburg @bnrestonva @WincBkGallery , @poisonedpen @TheMysterious , etc. @AtriaMysteryBus

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@isberryauthor

3 months

Me & Daven, wonderful owner of @charmcitybooks in Baltimore (where THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW launched!), one of my fave bookstores on the planet. Check out its lovely new location on Franklin St. (where I left a few signed copies of Peacock!) @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

8 months

Scenes from #Bouchercon2023 , where I got to hang w/ readers & authors (incl. @MindyRCarlson , @JM_AdamsAuthor , @mcmarcy , @Jeff_Circle + others) & do @DaveTemple 's @TheThrillerZone podcast. & @warwicksbooks sold out of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

5 months

Perfect misty weekend for selling spy novels at a local holiday festival. #thepeacockandthesparrow @VisitOccoquan #occoquan @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

2 months

One of the highlights of the Suffolk Mystery Festival: meeting @marc_harris3 & talking about the @ThrillerPodcast ’s discussion of Peacock. (No greater compliment than when readers have questions about a book!) Thank you!

Marc Harris

@Marc_Harris3

2 months

Met the wonderful @isberryauthor today, and she is such an amazing person. She answered all my questions about her book and even gave some writing tips to my little sister. I hope we get to hear her soon on the @ThrillerPodcast soon! Go buy her book!

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@isberryauthor

6 months

Highlight of my NYC trip: hanging w/ spy novel giants @JosephKanon & @paulvidich . Their convo on le Carré @ @Center4Fiction was the best book talk I've heard. #theberlinexchange #beirutstation #lecarre @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster #nyc

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@isberryauthor

2 months

"The dance of secrets between Collins & his informant is delicate and nuanced... The writing, atmosphere, & details are beautifully rendered." Thanks to @writerstevens for this incredibly thoughtful review of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW. 🙏 @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

Mark Stevens

@writerstevens

2 months

Review: THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW By I.S. Berry @AtriaMysteryBus @EdgarAwards @isberryauthor #spies #suspense #MiddleEast

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Spotted in the Dallas airport.🤗Thanks for the pic, @97_taylormoore ! @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster

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@isberryauthor

9 months

So much fun - truly a highlight - to be on @TheTeamHousePod w/ @JackMurphyRGR & @Dave_Parke chatting THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, spying in Baghdad, the Arab Spring, paranoia in intel, & Mid East policy. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors Catch it here: 🔗

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@isberryauthor

7 months

Quite an honor for me and THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW to be featured in a future @CIA film on life after the Agency. Bonus that I got this cool bag of Agency merch! (Who knew #CIA had its own branded chocolate? ) @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster

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@isberryauthor

5 months

Delighted that THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is on @bn_mosaic 's "Best Fiction" table. 😊 🦚 Signed copies available at @BNBuzz in @mosaicdistrict . @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster

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@isberryauthor

2 months

Dear readers, if you loved THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, I hope you'll consider voting for it for the Barry Award - Best First Novel. Just email george @deadlypleasures .com with your vote. Incredibly honored to have been nominated & grateful for every reader. @AtriaMysteryBus

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@isberryauthor

12 days

If you're in NYC on 4/30, come to @TheMysterious bookshop's Edgar nominee celebration! Shop great books and say hello. THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW and I will be there! 🦚 🥂 @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster #spy

Mysterious Bookshop

@TheMysterious

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Please join us next Tuesday night (4/30, 6-7:30 PM) to toast this year’s Edgar Award nominees! Many of the nominees will be in attendance and we will have books for them to sign—you’ll just have to push your way through champagne sipping revelry to find them. Come one, come all!

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@isberryauthor

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Azaleas in bloom @ Nt'l Arboretum. Spy fact: China offered to build an ornate garden there. Materials to be shipped in dip pouches, which can't be searched (as readers of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW know). USG found out garden was SIGINT station. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

4 months

My goal: to write the most realistic espionage story I could. Utterly unvarnished. Hear about this & more in my interview on THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW w/ @radiocubb , @JoeGoldbergBook , & @AuthorGavin on @nbc 's House of Mystery. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors #nbc @AtriaBooks

Alan R. Warren

@radiocubb

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Listen to the Full Interview here:

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Beyond excited to announce that THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW will be flying across the pond to the UK. 🤸‍♂️ 🇬🇧 🦚 To be published by the wonderful @noexitpress / @BedfordSqBooks . @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @LSEalumni #thepeacockandthesparrow #spynovel

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@isberryauthor

11 months

1) Iraq. Autumn 2004. “Most dangerous place on earth.” > 800 U.S. soldiers killed to date. Green Zone mortared daily. AQIZ leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is wreaking havoc. I’m a first-tour case officer for @CIA trying to break AQIZ. The journey to my novel—out now—starts here.

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@isberryauthor

6 months

Another great book launch @ Elaine's restaurant in NOVA. @JM_AdamsAuthor discussed his debut, SECOND TERM, incl. riveting stories of his days as an int'l war correspondent. & I got to hang w/ fellow authors @KTNguyen_Author , @JeffreyJHiggins , & @jon7payne . @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

5 months

Charles Beaumont, a former #MI6 operative, is the real deal. So many tradecraft details in A SPY ALONE, about a fictional Oxford spy circle, ring true...like how surveillance never changes its shoes. Loving the cross-pond spy-training commonalities. Great read so far. @Cb20226

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@isberryauthor

2 months

"Writing so visceral you can touch it... Collins is one of the most three-dimensional & complicated characters you'll encounter." Thank you, @writerstevens , for this absolutely amazing review of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW! I'm so honored. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

Mark Stevens

@writerstevens

2 months

Review: THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW By I.S. Berry An intricate, twisty spy novel with a complicated main character. Beautifully and smoothly told. @isberryauthor @AtriaMysteryBus

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7 months

Occasionally you stumble across a review that stops you in your tracks. "...prose that is lyrical, hardboiled, & ultimately heartbreaking." Thanks to @wjhiles for this beautiful, full-bodied description of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW. @goodreads @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

6 months

DC-area peeps, looking for a holiday gift for the spy novel enthusiast in your life? Come see me this Sat, 11/18, at the charming @BardsAlley bookshop in Vienna, VA, where I'll be signing copies of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors #indiebookstores

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@isberryauthor

22 days

Honored to chat w/ my fellow @EdgarAwards nominees for Best First Novel. Learned @kristenloesch & I both have a weird habit of listening to a song on repeat while writing. @KenJaworowski @amychua @HarryHunsicker Rita Mukerji. @AtriaMysteryBus Catch here👇

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Thrillerfest dinner with my fellow debuts @jon7payne , @BrianaUna , @IAmEEAdams ! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @thrillerwriters

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2 months

My paperback copies of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW have arrived! 🤸‍♂️ 🦚 Paperback comes out 4/16/24. @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @ITWDebutAuthors #arabspring #bahrain #thepeacockandthesparrow #spy

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Call me a geek, but touring the @NPR @wamu885 studios with the wonderful @EstherCinDC (who interviewed me recently about my spy novel THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW) was kind of a dream come true. And I left w/ merch! @DCist @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

2 months

So much fun doing this reading of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW for @EdgarAwards . (Those who've read it know the first line has great significance.) Chose the gritty background to match the tone of the book... #edgars2024 @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @AtriaBooks @simonschuster

Mystery Writers of America

@EdgarAwards

2 months

🪶 @isberryauthor reads from The Peacock and the Sparrow ( @AtriaBooks ), nominated for Best First Novel by an American Author! #Edgars2024

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9 months

A "crackling debut thriller... No one is beyond the spy's cascading suspicions." What an honor to see THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW in The New Yorker this morning! @NewYorker @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster 🔗

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@isberryauthor

2 months

Thanks to @EdgarAwards , @thrillerwriters , @NewYorker , @NPR , @diplocourier , Deadly Pleasures, @spybrary , & @thecipherbrief for these incredible honors. & thanks to @simonschuster for these cool graphics! @AtriaBooks @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

Simon & Schuster

@simonschuster

2 months

Congratulations to author of #THEPEACOCKANDTHESPARROW @isberryauthor 🎉📘 get a copy here:

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@isberryauthor

3 months

In Bahrain, Valentine's Day has an entirely different meaning. "February 14" is the name of the opposition group opposed to the monarchy. 2/14/11 was the "Day of Rage," when protestors took to the streets & ignited the island's Arab Spring. @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Flashback to a simpler world: Cold War ended; democracy flourishing in E. Europe. I waited 2 hrs at a bookstore in Cambridge, England to get Gorbachev’s signature. But 21st century brought new conflicts, like the Arab Spring. THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW dives in. @AtriaMysteryBus

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@isberryauthor

5 months

What better on a chilly day than local spy-site sightseeing? DC homes of Kim Philby and Donald Maclean, two of the Cambridge Five spy ring. "Who gained the most from this complex game I cannot say," Philby wrote in his memoir. @Cambridge_Uni #espionage @washingtondc #Only1DC

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@isberryauthor

5 months

Tune in to House of Mystery to hear us talk about THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, life after the @CIA , & how much my characters are based on real people (hint: one character is pretty close). Thanks to @radiocubb , @JoeGoldbergBook , & @AuthorGavin ! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

Alan R. Warren

@radiocubb

5 months

Listen to the Full Interview here:

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@isberryauthor

3 months

Great piece by @ShippersUnbound in @thetimes on the ascendance of US spy novelists, incl. the incredibly talented @mccloskeybooks & @paulvidich . (& a nice mention of The Peacock & the Sparrow, which comes to the UK 10/24!) @noexitpress @bedsqpublishers

How the Americans took over spy fiction

Gone are the days of John le Carré and Graham Greene — the US authors David McCloskey and Paul Vidich are capturing the reality of modern espionage

www.thetimes.co.uk

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@isberryauthor

2 months

Lucky enough to get an advance copy of EVERY SPY A TRAITOR by Alex Gerlis. Truly one of the best spy novels I've read in recent years. Ironic, darkly realistic, full of pre-WW II historical details. Reads like a classic. Hits shelves 6/6/24. #spy @canelo_co @Craig_Lye @spybrary

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@isberryauthor

7 months

Fun weekend in Hudson Valley, NY. Amid torrential rain, Big Red Books in #Nyack was warm & inviting. Had a lovely chat w/ owner @RichardFulco , signed THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, & sat on the big red couch. #shopnyack #bigredbooks @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @HHValley

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@isberryauthor

2 months

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW spotted at @IntlSpyMuseum (now signed!) alongside @MaryHaverstick 's terrific A WOMAN I KNOW. Check out the museum's awesome book selection (incl. @mccloskeybooks , @almakatsu , @JimPopkin & other greats). @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors #spy #espionage

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@isberryauthor

11 months

"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts." - THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW's words immortalized on the Winchester Book Gallery's author wall. @WincBkGallery @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

4 months

p.s. @simonmontefiore , coincidentally, look what's on my shelf. Research for my next novel! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster @AtriaBooks #jerusalem

S Sebag Montefiore

@simonmontefiore

4 months

Look whats just turned up. Recommended new spy novel. Keen to start on this….⁦ @isberryauthor ⁩

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@isberryauthor

11 months

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW spotted at the Nutley Free Public Library next to my thriller pal @TR_Hendricks ! @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @simonschuster @ITWDebutAuthors

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1 year

"Pipelines were visible in the distance, empty but still intact, crisscrossing for miles like a checkerboard for giants. A colossal coffin for what once was: Manama the boomtown, arteries bursting with lifeblood for the world." - THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW #oil @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Apparently, someone bought a copy of THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW from @PoliticsProse after hearing my interview this morning with @EstherCinDC on @wamu885 (yay!), but I signed the rest! @AtriaBooks @AtriaMysteryBus @simonschuster @ITWDebutAuthors @NPR

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@isberryauthor

11 months

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is a June book club pick for not one, but TWO, iconic bookstores: @TheMysterious and @poisonedpen . Can a debut author get any luckier? Signed copies at both! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors 🔗 🔗

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@isberryauthor

11 months

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW spotted at Nantasket Beach with reader's note: "I was hooked the second your protagonist started busting on sweaty ivy league bros who end up becoming agency station chiefs who are wayyyy out of their depth."😂 @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

11 months

Hello, NYC! On my way from the train station, a dude poured orange soda on my legs, but okay! Hello, NYC! Ready for Thrillerfest! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors @thrillerwriters @AtriaBooks

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@isberryauthor

6 months

"...one of the hottest hits in espionage fiction...not the spy novel we have become accustomed to. [A] literary feel and a touch of noir... Sharp and intelligent, espionage for grown ups." Thanks to @CriFiLover ! @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors 🔗

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@isberryauthor

10 months

For years, my local @Starbucks cheered me on & fueled me w/ chai lattes while I sat in their shop & wrote my spy novel, The Peacock and the Sparrow. When I was featured in a recent @NorthernVAMag article, the staff hung it on their board. I love this community. @AtriaMysteryBus

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@isberryauthor

10 months

Delighted that THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW is a @VirginiaLiving "sizzling" summer pick, alongside @blacklionking73 & so many other illustrious authors. An "explosive and exciting debut." @AtriaMysteryBus @AtriaBooks @ITWDebutAuthors @simonschuster 🔗

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@isberryauthor

16 days

Happy pub day to my good friend, @TR_Hendricks ! Can't wait to celebrate his book this weekend. If you're in the Northern Virginia area, come to an event on Saturday! @BNBuzz @BNfburg #thriller @ITWDebutAuthors

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@isberryauthor

4 months

"When you're in the thick of it, you just don't know. It's the murk of espionage." Thanks to @UVALaw & @mikemather for featuring THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW in the alum mag. Proud to be alongside alum authors @davidbaldacci & others. @UVA @AtriaMysteryBus @ITWDebutAuthors #wahoo

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