'Smith writes well: coolly and unexaggeratedly, sensibly and authoritatively'
Alan Judd, Daily Telegraph

'Smith has the advantage of access to insiders and an excellent grasp of intelligence and how it functions.'
Sheila Kerr, Defence Analysis

Award-winning Investigative journalist Michael Smith writes on defence and security issues for the London Sunday Times and New Statesman. He is an expert on espionage and how spies and special forces operate, with excellent contacts inside the UK's intelligence and special operations communities.

Smith was Specialist Writer of the Year in the 2006 UK Press Awards and has broken many major exclusives, not least the so-called Downing Street Memos. He is the author of several best-selling books on intelligence, including the Number One bestseller Station X, and is an expert on both government and private intelligence services. His latest book Killer Elite tells the story of America's most secret special operations unit and includes an extensive special operations/special forces glossary.

The US paperback of Killer Elite is out now with new information on operations in Iran and Afghanistan.

Contact Michael Smith's agent.