Samuel M. Katz is an internationally recognized expert on Middle East security issues, international terrorism, and military special operations and counterterrorism. He has authored or coauthored over twenty books, including the New York Times bestseller Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi. Katz has written hundreds of articles for publications around the world, created several award-winning documentaries for television on the world’s top commando units, and was a founder and editor in chief of Special Operations Report, a quarterly magazine dedicated to military and law enforcement special operations and counterterrorism. He lives in New York.