Douglas Waller

Douglas C. Waller is an author, lecturer, and former correspondent for Time magazine and Newsweek.

Biography

Douglas Waller was born on June 30, 1949, in Norfolk, Virginia, and holds a B.A. in English from Wake Forest University as well as an M.A. in Urban Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Waller describes himself as a veteran correspondent, author, and lecturer. From 1994 to 2007, Waller served in TIME Magazine's Washington Bureau, where he covered foreign affairs as a diplomatic correspondent. He came to TIME in 1994 from Newsweek, where he reported on major military conflicts. Waller joined Newsweek in 1988, after serving as a legislative assistant on the staffs of Senator William Proxmire and Representative Edward J. Markey.

In a review posted online on June 25, 2015, Kirkus Reviews described his book Disciples as "one of the more interesting spy books this year." In the October 3–4, 2015 "Five Best" column in The Wall Street Journal Books section, Waller presented his personal choice of what he considered to be the five best works on American espionage in World War II.

Private life

Waller and his wife, Judy, live in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Bibliography

Reports

• SDI: Progress and Challenges, with Douglas M. Cook and James T. Bruce, III. (March 17, 1986).

Books

• ', with Douglas M. Cook and James T. Bruce, III. Claremont, Calif.: Regina Books (1987). . 172 p.
• '. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press (1987). .
• '. New York: Simon & Schuster (1994). .
• '. New York: Simon & Schuster (1998). .
• '. New York: HarperCollins (2001). .
• '. New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2004). .
• '. New York: Free Press (2011). .
• '. New York: Simon & Schuster (2015). .
• '. New York: Simon & Schuster (2019). .
• The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner. Penguin Publishing (2025).