Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent who has reported from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Sudan, Bosnia, El Salvador and many other strife-torn countries. A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, his work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Harper’s and Outside. He is the author of two novels and six works of nonfiction, including Lawrence in Arabia, an international bestseller, and most recently King of Kings, the story of the 1978-79 Iranian Revolution, and winner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction. 

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