David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst and former consultant at McKinsey and Company. He is the author of the hit spy novel Damascus Station and his latest novel, Moscow X, is grounded in present day Russia and the realities of modern espionage amid the new Cold War and has been chosen as a Best Book of 2024 by The Sunday Times, The Times, Financial Times and Daily Mail. While at the CIA, he wrote regularly for the President’s Daily Brief during President Obama’s tenure, delivered classified testimony to Congressional oversight committees, and briefed senior White House officials, Ambassadors and military officials. He lives in Texas.