Scott C. Johnson is an American author and journalist. For twelve years Johnson worked as a Newsweek foreign correspondent and Bureau Chief, reporting from more than fifty countries His writing has also appeared in Foreign Policy, New York Times, BuzzFeed, Guernica Magazine, Granta and various other outlets. In May 2013, W W Norton published Johnson's first book, a memoir entitled "The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, A Son and the CIA." In September 2013, "The Wolf and the Watchman" was placed on the Long List for the National Book Award The book was also named a Washington Post Notable Book of 2013 Johnson began his journalism career as an intern in Newsweek's Paris bureau. He eventually became a Special Correspondent and worked on a wide range of topics, including Mad Cow Disease, Pedophilia, European agriculture and the war in Kosovo. After September 11th 2001, Johnson reported from Afghanistan for several months before moving to Mexico City in 2002 where he was appointed Bureau Chief. In 2004, Johnson was awarded an Overseas Press Club honorable mention for his reporting on economics in Latin America. In 2003 Johnson began reporting on the American invasion of Iraq. [More at Wikipedia]

July 31st, 1973 in (Age 51)