Daniel Silva is a best-selling American author of 18 thriller and espionage novels. Prior to full time writing, Silva was a CNN producer. He was born in Michigan. When he was seven years old, his family moved to California. He received his BA from Fresno State and began a graduate program in international relations at San Francisco State University, but left when offered employment as a journalist at UPI. He was raised as a Catholic and converted to Judaism as an adult.
Silva will be interviewed in Laikin Auditorium and then will sign his books.