Alan Huffman has contributed to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; the Los Angeles Times; the New York Times, Outside; Smithsonian; and Washington Post magazine, as well as to numerous websites including the Huffington Post and The Daily Beast. A former reporter for the Clarion-Ledger, he is the author of five nonfiction books: Ten Point, Mississippi in Africa, Sultana, We’re With Nobody, and his latest, Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer.
In all likelihood, “The Cipher in Room 214” began with a fairly empty notebook. Most stories do, but in this case it probably looked like it was going to stay that way. The quotes that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer‘s Carol Smith … Read more
