Washington native David Ignatius is a graduate of St. Albans and Harvard University, and recipient of a diploma in economics from King’s College at Cambridge University. Before joining The Washington Post, he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and an editor at Washington Monthly. He was also executive editor of the Paris-based International Herald Tribune from 2000 to 2003. Ignatius currently writes a twice-weekly column for the Post and, with Fareed Zakaria, hosts PostGlobal, an online discussion of world issues. He has written a number of novels, beginning with “Agents of Innocence” in 1987 and including the newly published “Body of Lies.” Married and the father of three daughters, Ignatius lives in the District.
There are 20 years between your first novel, “Agents of Innocence,” and the new book, “Body of Lies.” The ending of the new book seemed more hopeful, if only for the chief characters.
