Andrew Klavan (b. 1954) is the bestselling author of thrillers and hard-boiled mysteries, and the host of the
Daily Wire's podcast "The Andrew Klavan Show." Born in New York City, Klavan was raised on Long Island and attended college at the University of California at Berkeley. He published his first novel,
Face of the Earth, in 1977, and continued writing mysteries throughout the eighties, finding critical recognition when
The Rain(1988) won an Edgar Award.
Besides his crime fiction, Klavan has distinguished himself as an author of supernatural thrillers, most notably
Don't Say a Word(1991), which was made into a film starring Michael Douglas. He has two ongoing series: Weiss and Bishop, a private-eye duo who made their debut in
Dynamite Road(2003), and The Homelanders, a young-adult series about teenagers who fight radical Islam. Besides his fiction, Klavan writes regular opinion pieces for the
New York Times, the
Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. He lives in Southern California.
