Elaine SciolinoElaine Sciolino is a writer for the New York Times in Paris and the author of La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life, Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran, and The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis. I 2010, she was decorated as a chevalier of the Legion of Honor for her special contribution to the friendship between France and the United States. She has worked for Newsweek in New York, Chicago, Paris, and Rome and has held a number of posts at the New York Times, including Paris bureau chief, United Nations bureau chief, Central Intelligence Agency correspondent, and chief diplomatic correspondent. Read More Read Less