Opportunities: This book will publish on the 75th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Media track record: Greg Mitchell's books have received major review attention. The Tunnels was reviewed by the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian, Esquire, Dallas Morning News, and a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

Platform: Mitchell has 21,000 followers on Twitter and has an active social media presence. He blogged about the media on The Nation website for many years. Mitchell has edited several national magazines, including Editor & Publisher, and he blogs actively about media and politics for the Huffington Post and other outlets. He recently coproduced the acclaimed documentary Following the Ninth.

Credentials: Mitchell is a highly respected popular historian and prolific speaker, whose expertise ranges from the New Deal and Cold War era, to nuclear weapons, espionage, the national security state, to media to popular culture. He was also a music journalist and was one of the first people to write about Bruce Springsteen. The Tunnels has been optioned by Ron Howard.

Blurbs/endorsements: Kai Bird, Bruce Springsteen, Ron Howard

Material: The book is based on many never before seen documents and new information which shine a light on the Hollywood studio system and the early Cold War