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Jason Matthews, who parlayed his 33 years as a CIA officer into a second career as a best-selling spy novelist, writing scenes so gripping and vivid that some readers thought he was . Loving mother Jason Matthews and Andrew (Karin) Matthews; proud grandma of Grayson Matthews; dearest sister of Kathleen Snyder and Marilyn. After retiring, Matthews settled in Rancho Mirage, California. The agency hired him in 1976 after he passed a background check and a polygraph exam. Being in the agency is a very experiential career, like being a policeman or a fireman or a jet pilot, Mr. Matthews told the New York Times in 2015, and when it stops, it really stops. Messages run for up to one year and you . Red Sparrow won an Edgar for best debut American thriller and was adapted into a film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton. Funeral arrangement under the care ofGaskin Funeral Service. May 2, 2021. [3] While in the CIA he was officially a diplomat, in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, but his real job was recruiting and then managing foreign agents. Obituaries can vary in the amount of information they contain, but many of them are genealogical goldmines, including information such as: names, dates, place of birth and death, marriage information, and family relationships. ILMC 35 Kicks Off In London - CelebrityAccess He was a Pisgah High School and HCC graduate. Jason Matthews, CIA officer who after a career in the field wrote officer in Istanbul, Athens, Belgrade, Rome, Budapest and Hong Kong became a best-selling author of three spy thrillers, died on Wednesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Born in Gloucester, he was the son of Joseph Mathews and Karen (Lopes) Souza. Jason Christopher O'Brien. Jason enjoyed working on cars, racing RC Cars, playing video games and computers. When it came time to retire, he was not sure what to do.