Pete Earley, a former reporter for The Washington Post, is the author of eight works of nonfiction, including the bestsellers The Hot House and Family of Spies and the multi-award-winning Circumstantial Evidence. According to Washingtonian magazine, he is one of ten journalist/authors in America who have the power to introduce new ideas and give them currency. Earley is also the author of three New York Times bestsellers and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.