Olen Steinhauer

Olen Steinhaueris an American novelist who authored The Tourist, a New York Times Best Seller. "The Bridge of Sighs" was the first in a five-book series of thrillers chronicling the evolution of a fictional Eastern European country situated in the historical location of Ruthenia (now part of the Ukraine) during the Cold War, with one book for each decade. Each book also focuses on a different main character.