Amy Knight has a PhD in Russian politics from the London School of Economics.
She divides her time between Ottawa and Switzerland..
Her previous books include Beria: Stalin\'s First Lieutenant, Spies Without Cloaks: The KGB\'s Successors , and Who Killed Kirov? The Kremlin\'s Greatest Mystery .
She has written frequently for the New York Review of Books , the New York Times , and the Washington Post .
She has been a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.
Amy Knight has a PhD in Russian politics from the London School of Economics