His weekly column, “In the Arena,” which covers national and international affairs, won the National Headliner Award for best magazine column. A veteran of nine presidential campaigns, Klein has been praised for his “dogged reporting, a thorough, subtle grasp of issues, and a clear-eyed, compelling style.”
In an age of "armchair columnists," he insists on reporting the facts for himself, traveling to war zones overseas — including frequent trips to Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East — and on campaign buses at home, in search of the truth. He is the rare political junkie who loves the intricacies of policy-making, has extensive sources not only in the U.S. Government, but throughout the world, and is at home in Damascus as he is in Des Moines.
As “Anonymous,” he wrote the #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, which The New York Times Book Review called “one of the best political novels to appear in the latter half of the 20th Century” and became a major motion picture. His other books include The Running Mate, The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton (a New York Times bestseller), and his latest book, Politics Lost.
He is a former Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His popular blog, "Swampland," is read internationally, and he appears frequently on The Chris Matthews Show, CNN and MSNBC. 
