Dominic Streatfeild is a writer and documentary filmmaker. His television work includes the Discovery Channel s series Age of Terror, which examined the roots of political violence. Streatfeild is the author of "Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography", "Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control", which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and "A History of the World Since 9/11". He lives in the UK with his family.