Our speaker is Sebastian Rotella, an award-winning journalist and novelist. For the past ten years, he has covered international security issues as a senior reporter for ProPublica, a newsroom dedicated to investigative journalism in the public interest. His projects have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Frontline PBS, and other media outlets. Previously he was with the Los Angeles Times for 23 years serving as bureau chief in Paris and Buenos Aires and as a correspondent at the Mexican border. He has reported in more than 30 countries and won numerous honors including a Peabody Award, Columbia University’s Moors Cabot Prize for Latin American reporting, and the Urbino Press Award of Italy. He has also been a Pulitzer finalist for international reporting. He is the author of four books, including the novels Triple Crossing, which The New York Times’ Sunday Book Review named top debut crime novel and action thriller of 2011; The Convert’s Song (2014); and Rip Crew, which was named one of the best crime novels of 2018 by Kirkus reviews. RSVP by emailing information.fhnn@gmail.com.