Author and journalist Kati Marton was born in Hungary and has spent two decades writing and reporting from the United States, Europe, and the Far East. Ms. Marton, who has received several prestigious honors and awards for her reporting, has published five books, and contributed as a reporter to numerous news organizations including ABC News, Public Broadcasting Services, National Public Radio, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Times of London, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek. From 1995-97, she hosted America and the World, a weekly broadcast on international affairs from NPR, produced by the Council on Foreign Relations.