Bruce Henderson

Bruce Henderson is an American journalist and author of more than 20 nonfiction books, including a #1 New York Times bestseller, And the Sea Will Tell, which was made into a highly-rated CBS miniseries. His most recent New York Times bestseller is Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler. Henderson's books have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Hungarian and Czech. A member of the Authors Guild, he has taught reporting and writing courses at USC School of Journalism and Stanford University. Born in Oakland, California, Henderson served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and attended college on the G.I. Bill. He worked as an investigative reporter for several newspapers, including the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and as an editor at New West and California Magazine. His writing has appeared in periodicals such as Smithsonian Magazine ("Cook vs. Peary", April 2009), Esquire, and Playboy.