Ben Coes is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of international espionage thrillers including Power Down, Coup d’État, The Last Refuge, Eye for an Eye, Independence Day, First Strike, Trap the Devil, Bloody Sunday, The Russian, and The Island.
Ben attended Columbia College and was awarded the university's writing award, the Bennett Cerf Memorial Prize, at graduation.
He worked at the White House under Ronald Reagan and served as a White House-appointed speechwriter to the Secretary of Energy during the Gulf War. He worked in the oil sector for Boone Pickens and has started two companies. Ben was a Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Ben lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his wife, Shannon, and four children, Charlie, Teddy, Oscar, and Esme.
