Elliot Ackerman

Elliot Ackerman is a former White House fellow, former Marine Raider Officer, and CIA Special Activities Officer who served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. Ackerman is also a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the New York Times best-selling author of the novels “2034,” “Sheepdogs,” “Red Dress in Black and White,” “Waiting for Eden,” “Dark at the Crossing” and “Green on Blue,” as well as the memoirs “Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning” and “The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan.” His books have been nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others.