Gordon Thomas is a political and investigative journalist and the author of 53 books, published in more than 30 countries and in dozens of languages. He has been a widely syndicated foreign correspondent and was a BBC writer/producer for three flagship BBC programs: Man Alive, Tomorrow’s World and Horizon. He contributes regularly to Facta, the respected monthly Japanese news magazine. Gordon has received numerous awards for his reporting, including an International Television Award and two Mark Twain Society Awards. His book Shipwreck won the Edgar Allen Poe Award.