Keith Raffel has long operated at the high-stakes intersection of politics, technology, and academia. As counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, he oversaw the secret programs of the CIA, NSA, and other three-letter agencies. He later pivoted to Silicon Valley, where he founded a pioneering internet startup before heading to Harvard University. As a resident scholar there, he’s kept busy advising undergraduates, teaching tech ethics, and writing both fiction and nonfiction.

Called “one of our smartest contemporary thriller authors,” Keith writes with a keen eye for power, influence, and human motive. The bestselling author of five other novels, he splits his time between Palo Alto, California, and the Harvard campus.