David McCloskey

David McCloskey is an American spy novelist, podcaster and former analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. A Sunday Times bestselling author, he wrote the novels Damascus Station, Moscow X, The Seventh Floor and The Persian, and he co-hosts the podcast The Rest is Classified. At the CIA he wrote for the President's Daily Brief and worked in field stations across the Middle East during the Arab Spring. He also worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising national security, aerospace and transportation clients.