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Cover Stories: Spies, Books & Entertainment

Mar 30, 2023

Richard Klein, Managing Partner of McLarty Media plays an unusual role in the entertainment industry. He and his firm serve as intermediaries helping some of Hollywood’s biggest movies get made.  They advise film studios, directors and producers on issues of “international interest” – on matters like...


Mar 23, 2023

Nick Reynolds’ resume is one for the history books. A PhD from Oxford, followed by active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, and then service with the CIA – both overseas and running the CIA Museum. Last year he published “Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence” a well-received book that...


Mar 15, 2023

Alex Cary has always been drawn to storytelling. It’s a passion that moved him from his life as a soldier in the UK to Hollywood, where he began writing and producing on shows like ‘Lie to Me’, ‘Homeland’ and ‘Taken’. A few years ago, someone sent him a book by author Ben McIntyre and it set Cary off on a...


Mar 9, 2023

Alma Katsu draws on her 30+ year career in the Intelligence Community for inspiration for her new spy novels.  Her latest, Red London follows main character Lindsey Duncan to the UK, where she digs into an undercover assignment to find out everything she can about a Russian oligarch.  That’s the obvious...


Mar 2, 2023

As Executive Producer and Showrunner for shows like Homeland and 24, Howard Gordon has shown that he understands how to take compelling national security topics and make them Hollywood hits.  While his new show on Fox, The Accused, doesn’t have a national security angle, Cover Stories caught up with Gordon to talk...