Peter Godwin

Peter Godwin was born and raised in Zimbabwe. After working as a human rights lawyer and a foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times and the BBC, he has authored six non-fiction books including Mukiwa, which won the George Orwell Prize and the Esquire, Apple, Waterstones awards, and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, which won the Borders Original Voices Award. Godwin has taught writing at Wesleyan and Columbia and served as President of PEN American Center. His latest book is Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss and Occasional Wars.