Christopher Reich

Fast Facts:

• Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo and raised in California.
  
  
• Reich graduated from Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin.
  
  
• Reich worked in banking in Geneva and Zurich.
  
  
• Reich counts John Le Carre as one of his writing inspirations, saying in a Q&A that "everything I learned about writing, I got from Le Carre."
  
  
• Reich began writing full-time in 1995.
  
  
• One of Reich's inspirations for writing THE FIRST BILLION was reading a report about the KGB's financial state in the 1990s.
  
  
• Reich's first thriller, NUMBERED ACCOUNT, was published in 1998.
  
  
• The New York Times has called Reich "the John Grisham of Wall Street."
  
  
• Reich enjoys watching movies, running, and golfing when he is not writing.
  
  
• Reich currently lives in California with his wife and children.
  
  

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