Jon Lee Anderson
Jon Lee Anderson is an American biographer, author, investigative reporter, war correspondent, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, reporting from war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Uganda, Palestine, El Salvador, Ireland, Lebanon, Iran, and throughout the Middle East as well. During Hurricane Katrina he wrote about rescue efforts with K38 Water Safety as documented in the New Yorker article "Leaving Desire." Anderson has also written for The New York Times, Harper's, Life, and The...See more
Jon Lee Anderson is an American biographer, author, investigative reporter, war correspondent, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, reporting from war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Uganda, Palestine, El Salvador, Ireland, Lebanon, Iran, and throughout the Middle East as well. During Hurricane Katrina he wrote about rescue efforts with K38 Water Safety as documented in the New Yorker article "Leaving Desire." Anderson has also written for The New York Times, Harper's, Life, and The Nation, where he has profiled political leaders such as Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro, and Augusto Pinochet. He is the author of The Fall of Baghdad (Penguin/2004) and his book Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (Faber & Faber/2018) has received widespread acclaim and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He lives in Dorset, England with his wife and three children. See less
