Ronald Kessler
New York Times best-selling author; journalist.
Contributor Biography
Ronald Kessler is the New York Times best-selling author of 19 non-fiction books. His most recent book is entitled The Secrets of the FBI. A full list and description of Ronald's various works can be accessed here.
Kessler began his career as a journalist in 1964 on the Worcester Telegram, followed by three years as an investigative reporter and editorial writer with the Boston Herald. In 1968, he joined the Wall Street Journal as a reporter in the New York bureau. He became an investigative reporter with the Washington Post in 1970 and continued on the paper until 1985.
Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com, a website with an average of 7.7 million unique visitors a month, and of Newsmax magazine, which has a readership of 800,000. His stories for Newsmax have included interviews with President George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Sam Donaldson, Andy Card, Gen. Michael Hayden, Mitt Romney, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Vice President Dick Cheney, Dana Perino, Jim Cramer, Deborah Norville, Robert S. Mueller III, Brian Lamb, Juan Williams, James Woolsey, Condoleezza Rice, Pervez Musharraf, Edwin Meese III, Fran Townsend, and Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan. You can sign up for Kessler's reports here.
Kessler has won 17 journalism awards, including two George Polk awards – for national reporting and for community service. Kessler has also won the Robert Novak Journalist of the Year Award, the American Political Science Association's Public Affairs Reporting Award, the Associated Press' Sevellon Brown Memorial Award, and Washingtonian magazine's Washingtonian of the Year award. He is listed in Who's Who in America.
Ron Kessler lives with his wife Pamela Kessler in Potomac, MD. Also an author and former Washington Post reporter, Pam Kessler wrote "UNDERCOVER WASHINGTON: Where Famous Spies Lived, Worked and Loved," about spying in Washington. His daughter Rachel Kessler, a public-relations executive, and son Greg Kessler, an artist, live in New York. Kessler's website is www.RonaldKessler.com.
