“For a spy novelist like me, the Edward J. Snowden story has everything. A man driven by ego and idealism - can anyone ever distinguish the two? - leaves his job and his beautiful girlfriend behind. He must tell the world the Panopticon has arrived. His masters vow to punish him, and he heads for Moscow in a desperate search for refuge.”

American writer and former New York Times reporter

Alex Norman Berenson is an American writer and former reporter for The New York Times. He is known for his thriller novels and for his book on corporate financial filings. His 2019 book, Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence, drew sharp criticism and provoked controversy. The response from many in the scientific and medical communities was strongly negative, and that debate remains a defining part of his public profile.