Christopher DickeyAward-winning author Christopher Dickey is the Paris Bureau Chief
and Middle East Regional Editor for Newsweek Magazine and
TheDailyBeast.com. Chris's nonfiction books include "Securing the City,"
a New York Times Book Review notable book in 2009; "Summer of
Deliverance," his memoir about his father, poet and novelist James
Dickey; "Expats," about Westerners in the modern Arab and Muslim world;
and "With the Contras," a first-hand account of combat in Central
American wars. He is also the author of two acclaimed thrillers:
"Innocent Blood" and "The Sleeper." Before moving to Newsweek, Chris
worked for The Washington Post as Cairo Bureau Chief and Mexico City
Bureau Chief. Chris's columns about counter-terrorism, espionage and the
Middle East appear on The Daily Beast. Links to most recent columns and
articles are posted on The Shadowland Journal, and also on the archive
at ChristopherDickey.com.