Barry Fulton is a retired diplomat, former Air Force officer, and occasional university professor with overseas assignments in Brussels, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, and Turkey. His last novel was East of Pittsburgh: Death on the Eve of the Truman-Dewey 1948 Election. He writes the Thomas Sabastian Scott espionage series: The Irish Imbroglio. Behind the Seventh Veil, The Lady is Bugged, and Flame: Hackers, Artists, Lovers, and Spies. Fulton is a Senior Fellow at the Salzburg Global Seminar and a member of the Public Diplomacy Council of America, DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired), and Sisters in Crime.