ABOUT ROBERT LITTELL
An American author and journalist, he is best known for his fifteen spy novels, most of which deal with the Soviet Union and the CIA. His most popular titles include The Company and The Defection of A. J. Lewinter.
After graduating from New York's Alfred University, he spent four years in the U.S. Navy.
During the Cold War years, he worked for Newsweek magazine.
He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. His son, Jonathan Littell, became an award-winning fiction writer.
He and Fareed Zakaria both worked for Newsweek.
