Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning columnist specialising in the Middle East. A foreign correspondent in Moscow, Washington, Jerusalem, Belfast, Beirut and Baghdad, Patrick is also the author of nine books, including The Rise of Islamic State, which was translated into 18 languages. He wrote with his son Henry the best-selling Henry’s Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, which was a finalist for the Costa Books Award. His latest book, Behind Enemy Lies, was published in October.