Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by … See more

Many authors of spy fiction have themselves been intelligence officers working for British agencies such as MI5 or MI6, or American … See more

Books and novels
In every medium, spy thrillers introduce children and adolescents to deception and espionage at earlier … See more

• Spy comedy: usually parody the clichés and camp elements characteristic to the espionage genre.
• Spy horror: spy fiction with horror fiction. See more

Commentator William Bendler noted that "Chapter 2 of the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua might count as the first Spy Story in world literature. (...) Three thousand years before See more

Cinema
Much spy fiction was adapted as spy films in the 1960s, ranging from the fantastical James Bond series to … See more

In contemporary digital video games, the player can be a vicarious spy, as in Team Fortress 2 and the Metal Gear series, especially in the … See more