Giles Quintin Sykes Whittell (born 1966) is an English author and journalist who has worked for ''

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'' as Correspondent in Russia and the United States. Whittell was educated at

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and Christ's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1988). He has worked for ''The Times'' of

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since 1993, first as US West Coast Correspondent from 1993 to 1999 and later as

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Correspondent (1999–2001) and

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Bureau Chief (2009–2011). As of 2019 he is the paper's chief leader writer. His books include ''Lambada Country'' (1992), ''Extreme Continental'' (1994), ''Spitfire Women of World War II'' (2007) and '' Bridge of Spies'', a ''New York Times'' bestselling account of the Cold War spy swap between

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, Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor on Berlin's

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in 1962. The book was published in the US in 2010 and the

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in 2011. His latest book, ''Snow: A Scientific and Cultural Exploration'', will be published by Atria Books in November 2019.

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