Galle Literary Festival

Ben Macintyre

Author

Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including Colditz, Agent Sonya, SAS: Rogue Heroes, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat, A Spy Among Friends and SAS: Rogue Heroes.

Top Titles

  • The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War (2018)
  • Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle (2022)
  • The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama (2024)

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