In Their Own Write - The Foreign Service Journal

We are pleased to present this year’s collection of books by Foreign Service authors and their families.

The Foreign Service Journal is pleased to present our 20th annual Foreign Service authors roundup in time for holiday orders.

Our primary purpose in compiling “In Their Own Write” for publication is to celebrate the wealth of literary talent within the Foreign Service community, and to give our readers the opportunity to support colleagues by sampling their wares. Each entry contains full publication details along with a short commentary.

This year our annotated list of books written, edited or translated by Foreign Service personnel and their family members stands at 100, up roughly 25 percent from last year—when, at 78 titles, it had nearly doubled from the year before. With the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, we wonder, has the trend now gotten an additional boost from the ease and ubiquity of online communications?

This list of books published between 2019 and 2021 is not a comprehensive or definitive record of works by FS authors; as always, we rely on the authors themselves to bring their books to our attention.

This year we’re featuring 19 works of biography and history, 10 books on policy and issues, 19 memoirs, 31 novels and 10 books for children and young adults. Our “potpourri” section sports 11 books that range from tales about food in Peru to a user’s guide to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Please note that, unfortunately, because of the sheer...



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