Peter Godwin is a Zimbabwean author, journalist, filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer. Godwin practiced human rights law in Zimbabwe before becoming a foreign correspondent. He has reported from over 60 countries and has written for numerous publications, including ;Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and National Geographic. Godwin has authored ;five non-fiction books, including “The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdomof Zimbabwe,” and has directed numerous documentaries. He studied international relations at Oxford University and law at Cambridge University. Godwin is the current President of ;PEN American Center. Godwin was a practicing human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe before becoming a foreign and war correspondent. He wrote for the London Sunday Times, where he covered wars in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. He was also the chief correspondent for BBC’s foreign affairs program, where he directed documentaries on Cuba, Czechoslovakia, and the Balkans, among others. His film “The Industry of Death,” an exploration of the sex trade in Thailand, won the gold medal for investigative film at the New York Film Festival. Godwin is the author of “Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa,” which won the Orwell Prize and the Esquire/Apple/Waterstones non-fiction award. He also wrote “When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa,” which was selected by American Libraries Association asa Notable Book winner for 2008. Godwin has taught writing at the New School, Princeton University, and Columbia University, and served as a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow and a MacDowell Fellow. Heis a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.