Amy Knight

About the Author

Amy Knight has a PhD in Russian politics from the London School of Economics. She has been a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. She has written frequently for the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Her previous books include Beria: Stalin’s First Lieutenant, Spies Without Cloaks: The KGB’s Successors, and Who Killed Kirov? The Kremlin’s Greatest Mystery. She divides her time between Ottawa and Switzerland.