Nina Willner is a former US intelligence officer who served in Berlin during the Cold War where she ran classified missions in East Berlin. Following a career in intelligence, Nina worked in Moscow, Minsk and Prague promoting human rights, children’s causes and the rule of law for the US Government, nonprofits and a variety of charities. She currently lives in Washington, DC and Istanbul, Turkey. Forty Autumns (HarperCollins Wm Morrow) is her first book. Her next book, another narrative nonfiction, to be published by Penguin Random House (Dutton), is currently in production.