Robert Littell

He spent four years in the U.S. Navy and served at times as his ship's navigator, antisubmarine warfare officer, communications officer, and deck watch officer. Later Littell became a journalist and worked many years for Newsweek during the Cold War. He was a foreign correspondent for the magazine from 1965 to 1970. Littell is an amateur mountain climber and is the father of award-winning novelist Jonathan Littell and painter Jesse Littell. His brother, Alan Littell (1929–2024), was also an author and journalist. He is the brother-in-law of the French writer Bernard du Boucheron (1928–2024).

• Name — Robert Littell • Born — 8 January 1935 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Novelist • Education — Alfred University • Children — Jonathan Littell Jesse Littell

• The Defection of A. J. Lewinter (1973) • Sweet Reason (1974) • The October Circle (1975) * • The Debriefing (1979) * * • The Revolutionist (1988) • The Once and Future Spy (1990) • An Agent in Place (1991) • The Visiting Professor (1994) • Walking Back the Cat (1997) • The Company (2002) • Legends (2005) • Vicious Circle (2006) * • Young Philby (2012) • A Nasty Piece of Work (2013) • The Mayakovsky Tapes (2016) * • A Plague on Both Your Houses: A Novel in the Shadow of the Russian Mafia (2024) • Bronshtein in the Bronx (2025)

• If Israel Lost the War (alternate history) (with Richard Z. Chesnoff and Edward Klein) (1969)

• For the Future of Israel (with Shimon Peres) (1998) • The Czech Black Book (editor) (1969) Discussed by Littell in "A legend in his own time" Interview by Ali Karim. January Magazine.