Sixsmith, Martin: - Martin Sixsmith studied Russian at Oxford, Harvard, the Sorbonne, and in St Petersburg.
Martin lives in London..
He is the author of two novels and several works of non-fiction, including Philomena (a New York Times bestseller ) and Russia: A 1,000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East.
He witnessed the end of the Cold War first-hand, reporting for the BBC from Moscow during the presidencies of Gorbachev and Yeltsin.
Sixsmith, Martin: - Martin Sixsmith studied Russian at Oxford, Harvard, the Sorbonne, and in St Petersburg