Humphrey Hawksley
Humphrey Hawksley's face and voice are known to millions through his books and broadcasts. His work as a BBC foreign correspondent has taken him all over the world with postings in Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Delhi and Colombo. His first thriller, the internationally best-selling Dragonstrike, is a fact-based scenario of a war between China and the United States, followed Dragonfire , exploring the three edged war so dreaded in Asia between China, India and Pakistan and The Third World War which begins with a terror attack on the Indian parliament and a North Korean missile launch against Japan. Humphrey is also the author of four international commercial thrillers. Ceremony of Innocence and Red Spirit are set against the backdrop of an emerging China. Absolute Measures tells the story of a young, intelligent terrorist pitted against his sister and Security Breach introduces the troubled Kat Polinski fighting against a world of total surveillance. His non-fiction Democracy Kills: What’s So Good About Having The Vote looks at the best ways to move from dictatorship to democracy without violence? His more recent television films are: The Curse of Gold, Supply Chain Children and Bitter Sweet that uncover the link between trillion dollar retail industries and conflict in the developing world; Old Man Atom that investigates the global nuclear program; and Danger: Democracy at Work examining risks in bringing Western-style democracy too quickly to some societies. He has contributed to ABC, National Public Radio and other networks in the United States and global publication of his work includes the Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Yale Global, Nikkei Asia and others. His university lectures include Columbia, Cambridge and the London Business School. Humphrey divides his time divides his time between reporting assignments, London and Suffolk on Britain's wild east coast, where he was born and raised
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