Marc Ruskin spent 20 years as an FBI Special Agent working primarily in undercover operations for which he was awarded five Commendations from the Bureau Director. A graduate of Vassar College and Cardozo Law School, prior to joining the FBI Ruskin served on the staff of U.S. Senator Daniel Moynihan and as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn. Following his retirement from the FBI in 2012, he has divided his time between a law practice in New York and extended sojourns in Liaoning Province, China, where he writes and studies Mandarin.

Marc is the author of The Pretender.