My life and work have taken me all over the world. Born in the UK, I grew up in Uganda and Kenya, and studied at the universities of Lancaster (UK) and Paris. I have worked in the UK, Spain, France, Switzerland, Russia, Taiwan, China, the former Yugoslavia and the USA. I speak several languages. I live just outside Washington DC.

 

Besides books of memoir and biography, I have written countless op-eds, essays, editorials and news stories. My work has appeared in publications and on radio and TV stations around the world, including theWashington Post, Baltimore Sun, Dallas Morning News, Newsday,  CNN, PBS, the London Times magazine, NPR's All Things Considered, the BBC., and many more. For decades I was a

,foreign and war correspondent for the London Sunday Times

then an editorial/opinion writer at USA TODAY.

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