Ronald Kessler is the New York Times bestselling author of The First Family Detail, The Secrets of the FBI, In the President's Secret Service, and The CIA at War.

A former Wall Street Journal and Washington Post investigative reporter, Kessler has won eighteen journalism awards, including two George Polk awards, one for national reporting and one for community service.

He was named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine. Kessler lives in Potomac, Maryland with his wife, author Pamela Kessler.