Alex Berenson

Alex Berenson is an award-winning novelist and journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times, Berenson covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq—where he was stationed for three months—to the flooding of New Orleans, to the world pharmaceutical industry, to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. He left the Times in 2010 to devote himself to writing fiction. Prior to joining the Times in 1999, he became one of the first employees at TheStreet.com, the groundbreaking financial news website. Alex is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the John Wells series, including The Faithful Spy, which won the 2007 Edgar Award for best first novel. He has now written twelve John Wells novels and two non-fiction books, The Number and Tell Your Children. During the coronavirus pandemic, Alex appeared frequently in American right-wing media, where he had received backlash against his claims about the vaccinations.