Scott Peterson

Who is Scott Peterson?

Scott Daniel Peterson is an author and journalist. He graduated from Yale University in 1988 with a degree in English and was a member of Manuscript Society in his senior year. He was a Middle East correspondent for the Daily Telegraph but as of 2000 was a staff writer and Moscow bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. His first book, Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda, is an account of his experiences and observations during a decade of reporting from Sub-Saharan Africa. His second book, Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran--A Journey Behind the Headlines, is based on more than thirty extended reporting trips to Iran.