Bibliography & Awards

NOVELS

  • The Assassins, 2015
  • The Book of Spies, 2010
  • The Last Spymaster, 2006
  • The Coil, 2004
  • Mesmerized, 2001
  • Mosaic, 1998
  • Masquerade, 1996, 2004

NOVELS with Robert Ludlum

  • The Altman Code, 2003
  • The Paris Option, 2002
  • The Hades Factor, 2000

SHORT STORIES

  • “A Card for Mother,” by Gayle Lynds and John C. Sheldon, Ice Cold, ed by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson, 2014
  • “A Triumph of Logic,” by Gayle Lynds and John C. Sheldon, A Study in Sherlock, ed. Laurie R. King and Leslie Klinger, 2011
  • “Max Is Calling,” by Gayle Lynds, Agents of Treachery, ed. Otto Penzler, 2010; performed on BBC radio to celebrate John le Carré’s 80th birthday, 2011
  • “The Hunt for Dmitri,” by Gayle Lynds, Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night, ed. James Patterson, 2006
  • “Summer Horses,” by Gayle Stone, The Santa Barbara Review, 1993
  • “Jessamine,” by Gayle Stone, The Santa Barbara News-Press, 1992
  • “Jeannette” by Gayle Stone, The Florida Review, 1985; Santa Barbara Stories, ed. Steven Gilbar
  • “Satan’s Tears” by Gayle Stone, South Dakota Review, 1983; City Libraries Anthology of Mysteries, 2001

YOUNG ADULT NOVELS

  • High Strung, by G.H. Stone, The Three Investigators, Kosmos, Germany, 2012
  • Fatal Error, by G.H. Stone, The Three Investigators, 1990
  • Reel Trouble, by G.H. Stone, The Three Investigators, 1990
  • Rough Stuff, by G.H. Stone, The Three Investigators, 1989

SERIAL NOVELS

  • No Rest for the Dead, ed. Andrew F. Gulli and Lamia J. Gulli, 2011
  • I’d Kill for That, ed. Marcia Talley, 2004.

PULP NOVELS

  • A Common Enemy, by Gayle Stone and Mark Sadler, 1990.
  • Mack Bolan: Moving Target, 1989.
  • Mack Bolan: Blood Fever, 1989
  • Nick Carter: The Execution Exchange, November 1985
  • Nick Carter: White Death, August 1985
  • Nick Carter: Pursuit of the Eagle, April 1985
  • Nick Carter: The Mayan Connection, November 1984
  • Nick Carter: Day of the Mahdi, July 1984

NONFICTION BOOK

  • Intimacy: Strategies for Successful Relationships, by C. Edward Crowther, Ph.D., and Gayle Stone, 1986

ANALYSES OF GAYLE’S WORK

  • “Spying Women: Gayle Lynds’s Espionage Fiction,” Charlotte Beyer, Ph.D.; Espionage Fiction: The Seduction of Clandestinity, ed. Robert Lance Snyder, 2012
  • “Gayle Lynds’s Masquerade, Hank Phillip Ryan, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, ed David Morrell and Hank Wagner

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

  • Founder’s Award for Best Novel, Military Writers Society of America, winner, The Assassins, 2015.
  • Audie Award for Best Thriller, nominee, The Book of Spies, 2011
  • The Nero Award for literary excellence in the mystery field, nominee, The Book of Spies, 2011
  • American Authors Association Best Novel, winner, The Last Spymaster, 2007
  • Military Writers Society of America Best Novel, winner, The Last Spymaster, 2006
  • Affaire de Coeur Best Contemporary Novel, winner, The Coil, 2005
  • Military Writers Society of America Best Novel, winner, The Coil, 2005
  • Daphne du Maurier Award, nominee, Mesmerized, 2002
  • RT Thriller of the Year, winner, Mosaic, 1999



The Assassins The Book of Spies The Last Spymaster The Coil Mesmerized Mosaic Masquerade The Altman Code The Paris Option The Hades Factor
The Assassins The Book of Spies The Last Spymaster The Coil Mesmerized
Mosaic Masquerade The Altman Code The Paris Option The Hades Factor
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