Richard Kessler

Ronald Kessler is an American journalist and author of eighteen non fiction books on politics and current affairs. He graduated from Clark University, Massachusetts. Kessler won sixteen journalism awards including two George Polk Awards, one in 1972 and one in 1974

He started his journalism career in 1964 with Worcester Telegram. Later Kessler joined the Boston Herald as an investigative journalist. In 1968 he started working with Wall Street Journal.In 1970 he joined The Washington Post as an investigative journalist and later became a staff writer. In 2006 he joined the Newsmax as the chief Washington correspondent.

• The Life Insurance Game

• The Richest Man In the World: The Story of Adnan Khashoggi

• Spy vs Spy: Stalking Soviet Spies in America

• Moscow Station

• The Spy in the Russian Club: How Glenn Souther Stole America’s Nuclear War Plans and Escaped to Moscow

• Escape from the CIA: How the CIA Won and Lost the Most Important KGB Spy Ever to Defect to the U.S.

• Inside the CIA: Revealing the Secrets of the World’s Most Powerful Spy Agency

• The FBI: Inside the World’s Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency

• Inside the White House: The Hidden Lives of the Modern Presidents and the Secrets of the World’s Most Powerful Institution

• The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded

• Inside Congress: The Shocking Scandals, Corruption, and Abuse of Power Behind the Scenes on Capitol Hill

• The Season: Inside Palm Beach and America’s Richest Society

• The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI

• The CIA at War: Inside the Secret Campaign Against Terror

• A Matter of Character: Inside the White House of George W. Bush

• Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

• The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack

• In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes With Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect