David McCloskey

David McCloskey is the author of the novels The Seventh Floor, Moscow X, and Damascus Station. His first novel, Damascus Station, was a finalist for the 2022 International Thriller Writer’s award for ‘Best First Novel,’ a Financial Times ‘Best Summer Book of 2022,’ and is in development for television at Lionsgate Entertainment.

David is also the co-host of the hit podcast The Rest is Classified, which explores authentic stories from the secretive world of spies and espionage. The podcast hit #1 in the Apple Charts in the UK and is downloaded more than 2 million times each month.

David is a former CIA analyst. While at the CIA, he wrote regularly for the President’s Daily Brief, delivered classified testimony to Congressional oversight committees, and briefed senior White House officials, Ambassadors, military officials, and Arab royalty. He worked in CIA field stations across the Middle East throughout the Arab Spring and conducted a rotation in the Counterterrorism Center focused on the jihad in Syria and Iraq.

David holds an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, where he specialized in energy policy and the Middle East. He lives in Texas with his wife and three children.