The award-winning author of the best-selling book, The Russian Five, A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage, Keith Gave spent six years in the United States Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin, working for the National Security Agency during the Cold War. A native of suburban Detroit, Gave's news career has spanned more than 40 years, including stints with The Associated Press (Chicago Bureau) and the Dallas Morning News, where his editors nominated him for a Pulitzer Prize. More recently, he spent nearly 20 years as a college English and journalism instructor.