Peter Warren Singer is Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America. He has been named by the Smithsonian as one of the nation’s 100 leading innovators, by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues, by Foreign Policy to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, and as an official “Mad Scientist” for the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command.
Singer is the author of multiple bestselling, award-winning books. His nonfiction books include LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media (Mariner Books, 2019); Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2014); Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century (Penguin Books, 2009); Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (Cornell University Press, 2007); and Children at War (University of California Press, 2006). In 2018, LikeWar was named an Amazon and Foreign Affairs best book of the year and considered by Booklist as “required reading for everyone living in a democracy and all who aspire to.”
Singer is also the co-author of a novel type of novel, using the format of a technothriller to communicate nonfiction research. His first novel Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (William Morrow, 2016) was both a top summer read and joined the professional reading list of every branch of the U.S. military, leading to briefings everywhere from the White House to the Pentagon. His latest novel, Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution (William Morrow, 2021), has been praised by the creator of Lost and Watchmen as “a visionary new form of storytelling—a rollercoaster ride of science fiction blended with science fact” and by the head of Army Cyber Command, who shared, “I loved Burn-In so much that I’ve already read it twice.”