Frances Stonor Saunders obituary
Author and documentary-maker best known for her 1999 book about CIA-funded cultural espionage Who Paid the Piper?The 1999 book Who Paid the Piper?, Frances Stonor Saunders’s exposé of CIA-funded cultural...
By Lisa Allardice · The Guardian Culture
Author and documentary-maker best known for her 1999 book about CIA-funded cultural espionage Who Paid the Piper? The 1999 book Who Paid the Piper?, Frances Stonor Saunders’s exposé of CIA-funded cultural espionage during the cold war, “single-handedly established a new branch of sub-history”, according to the novelist Ian McEwan. Translated into 17 languages, the book established Frances, then in her early 30s, as one of the most exciting nonfiction writers of her generation. Continue reading...