According to Amazon, Thomas Maier is the author of several books, an Emmy-winning television producer, and a longtime Newsday investigative reporter. In 2022, he won the Columbia University Journalism School Award for career achievement. America in our times is the backdrop for his biographies, which have been singled out by critics for best-of-the-year honors. His book "Mafia Spies" shows how the CIA recruited two gangsters to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the Cold War. In a starred review, Booklist called it "brilliant" and "enormous fun" and "standout" among non-fiction spy books. It's being developed by Paramount for a future TV series.

He has appeared on Chris Matthew's "Hardball" and on "Morning Joe", made headlines in London's Daily Mail and news sites around the world, and was a featured forum at the JFK Presidential  ...