Henry PorterHenry Porter is a novelist and political columnist for the Observer newspaper in London. Since 2005 he has been chronicling the attack on liberty and rights in Britain and has written some ninety columns on the subject. Porter has writtn six novels, including A Spy's Life and Empire State. He is also the author of the children's book The Master of the Fallen Chairs. In 2005 Porter won the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award for best thriller with Brandenburg, a story set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He is also the UK editor of the American magazine Vanity Fair. He lives in London. Read More Read Less