Nina Willner is the author of two critically acclaimed books, The Boys in the Light (Penguin Random House/Dutton) and Forty Autumns (HarperCollins/WmMorrow 2016). Prior to her writing career, Nina was a US Army intelligence officer who served in Berlin during the Cold War. Following her career in intelligence, Nina worked in Moscow, Minsk, Prague, Ottawa and Istanbul promoting human rights, children’s causes and the rule of law for the US Government, nonprofits, and a variety of charities. After years living abroad, she now writes narrative nonfiction full time from her home in Washington DC.