James Bruno

James Bruno is the author of four bestselling books. He has been featured on NBC's Today Show, CNN, Fox News, SiriusXM Radio, in Politico, The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, and other national and international media. His thrillers have been Amazon Kindle Bestsellers, reaching #1 in Political Fiction and #1 in Spy Stories. "The Foreign Circus" was a Kindle bestseller in Political Humor and Diplomacy. Mr. Bruno's articles appear in Politico Magazine, The Washington Times and other publications. He is a speaker at International Thriller Writers' ThrillerFest. He was interviewed on CNN's "The Hunt" with John Walsh in connection with an unsolved FBI Ten Most Wanted murder case. Mr. Bruno served as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State for twenty-three years and as a military intelligence analyst prior to that. He holds M.A. degrees from the U.S. Naval War College and Columbia University, and a B.A. from George Washington University. His assignments have included Cuba, Guantanamo Naval Base (as liaison with the Cuban military), Pakistan/Afghanistan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Washington, DC. He has spent ample time at the White House and has served in a Secret Service presidential protective detail overseas. He also knows the Pentagon, CIA and other foreign affairs agencies well. The author was denounced by the Castro propaganda machine as a "yankee ex-intelligence officer" who helped "carry out subversive actions against the Cuban government" upon publishing "Havana Queen." His commentary in Politico, CNN, Fox News, SiriusXM Radio, Washington Monthly and foreign media has won national and international attention.