Steven Strasser began his career as a reporter for The Miami Herald and went on to work as a writer, correspondent, and editor at Newsweek. In New York he wrote in Newsweek’s international and national affairs departments. He served abroad as Moscow correspondent and Hong Kong bureau chief. He edited the magazine’s Asia section from Hong Kong, then returned to New York to serve as the national affairs editor during the 2000 elections. Finally, he served as managing editor of Newsweek International, supervising the editions that circulate in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He received a National Headliner Award and three Overseas Press Club Awards for his work in the former Soviet Union, China, and Hong Kong. Strasser taught as an adjunct journalism professor at Rutgers University and Purchase College. He co-authored the memoirs of Abu Ghraib’s commanding general, Janis Karpinski, edited the memoirs of the FBI’s Mark Felt (the Watergate source known as “Deep Throat”), compiled books on the 9/11 Commission reports and the Abu Ghraib investigations, and has edited several other books. He has a B.A. from the University of Nebraska and an M.S. from Columbia University.