ANDREW COHEN is an award-winning journalist and former Washington correspondent whom the New York Times has called "one of Canada's most distinguished authors." A native of Montreal, he attended Choate Rosemary Hall, McGill University, and the University of Cambridge. Among his bestselling books are The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are; Trudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau (with J.L. Granatstein); Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson; and While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World, a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-fiction. He has written for United Press International, Time, The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, and The Financial Times of London from Washington, London, Berlin, Toronto, and Ottawa. He has won two National Newspaper Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. A professor of journalism and international affairs at Carleton University, Cohen writes a nationally syndicated column for the Ottawa Citizen.