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Tom Marcus

Tom Marcus is the pseudonym of a British intelligence agency officer of the Security Service (MI5). Marcus is the author of a memoir and two novels.

Marcus grew up in the north of England and served as a surveillance officer in the Security Service (known as MI5) before leaving the service in 2013 after being diagnosed with PTSD. He is married to a fellow former secret agent and they have a child together. His true identity has not been disclosed for his own security. Marcus gave an interview to ''The Victoria Derbyshire Show'' in 2016 about his experiences foiling Islamic terrorist plots. Marcus had to work in a call centre and in a fast food restaurant after he left MI5 as his curriculum vitae was seen as inexplicable due to the secret nature of his profession.

His 2017 memoir, ''Soldier Spy'' was cleared and approved for publication by MI5.

Marcus has published two novels featuring the character Matt Logan, an MI5 agent like himself. Logan is part of a secret British government agency called Blindeye. Marcus has described his novels as "real and raw [and] based on my own experiences". Provided by Wikipedia