Annie Jacobsen is a journalist and best selling author who writes about war, weapons, U.S. national security and government secrecy. She was a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times Magazine. Her 2011 non-fiction bestseller, ''Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base,'' and her 2013 non-fiction bestseller, "Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America," have each been published in five languages. Area 51 is being made into an AMC scripted television series with Gale Anne Hurd (Walking Dead, Terminator). Her newest book, "The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top Secret Military Research Agency," publishes in fall 2015. Annie Jacobsen graduated from St. Paul's School and Princeton University where she wrote with Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Auster, studied Greek, and served as Captain of the Princeton Women's Ice Hockey Team. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Kevin and their two sons.