Robert Lit­tell is the author of more than a dozen nov­els and the non­fic­tion book If Israel Lost the War, writ­ten with Shi­mon Peres, Pres­i­dent of Israel. He has been award­ed both the Gold Dag­ger and the Los Ange­les Times Book Prize for his fic­tion. His nov­el The Com­pa­ny was a New York Times best­seller and was adapt­ed into a tele­vi­sion minis­eries. He lives in France.