A native of Kentucky and a graduate of Yale, I’ve spent nearly twenty years tip-toeing around the edges of power. I was a speechwriter for the NATO Secretary-General, a Congressional staffer on NATO before bouncing out after an esteemed representative thought I had insulted him, and an intern for the White House. I was an intern and production assistant at CNN News Beijing when Deng Xiaoping died, and an intern at ABC News Nightline back when Ted Koppel ruled the news with a firm and unyielding sense of decency. I was an intern for the US Embassy in Sarajevo during the summer of 1998, where I witnessed then-President Clinton make serious moves on a young lady I had a terrible crush on. And I was an election observer in Moscow where prostitutes made late-night cold-calls to your hotel room, seeking clients and (maybe) blackmail material for Russian intelligence.
Now I’m an exile in Brussels, living with the love of my life, a proud Spaniard and environmentalist who works with refugees and migrants. By day, I write about European security issues for Security Europe, a Brussels-based think tank. By night, I sleep.
I have stories to tell, and a novel to sell. And I’d also be happy to hear what you have to say.
