Author

Annie Jacobsen

10 books, mostly history, for Little, Brown & Company and Penguin Audio, 2011–2026

Annie Jacobsen is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of narrative nonfiction about war, weapons, intelligence, government secrecy, and national security. Her books include Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon’s Brain, Phenomena, Surprise, Kill, Vanish, First Platoon, and Nuclear War: A Scenario. She is also a former contributing editor at Los Angeles Times Magazine and writes and produces television, including Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.