Ronen Bergman is an award-winning Israeli investigative journalist, historian, lawyer and the author of six bestselling books. He is a staff writer with The New York Times and the senior correspondent for military and intelligence affairs for Yedioth Ahronoth. Bergman is the recipient of the Sokolow Prize, Israel’s most esteemed award for journalism, the equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize, and is widely recognized as a leading authority on Israeli intelligence. His most recent book titled Rise and Kill First - a history of Israeli intelligence – instantly hit the New York Times bestseller list and is being developed into a TV series by HBO. The book was awarded the 2018 National Jewish Book Award for History.