Dominic Streatfeild is a documentary filmmaker and author.  His television work includes the Discovery Channel’s series Age of Terror which was shown in over 150 countries and won a British Broadcast Award in 2003.

His first book, Cocaine (Virgin Books, 2001), examines the history of the world’s favourite narcotic which has started wars, prompted invasions, created billionaires and taken thousands of lives.  Dominic’s second book, Brainwash (Hodder & Stoughton, 2007), traces the evolution of the world’s most secret psychological procedure, from its origins in the Cold War to the height of today’s war on terror.  Dominic’s most recent book, A History of the World Since 9/11 (Atlantic Books, 2011), expertly combines history, biography and investigative journalism to detail how people across the globe have been affected by the US response to the 9/11 attacks.