About me
Charles Trueheart is the author of Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict (University of Virginia Press, 2024). He was director of the American Library in Paris from 2007 to 2017. Most of his earlier career was in journalism, including 15 years at The Washington Post, first covering book publishing and literary topics, then as a correspondent in Canada and France. Before joining the Post, Trueheart was associate director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University and director of the Kennedy School of Government’s Public Affairs Forum. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and The American Scholar, where he is a contributing editor. Trueheart was educated at Exeter and Amherst. He and his wife, Anne Swardson, live in Paris and Staunton, Virginia.