Karl Sabbagh was educated at King's College, Cambridge where he studied experimental psychology. He then spent many years as a documentary television producer for broadcasters in the UK and the US before becoming a full-time writer. He has written ten books, including Rum Affair shortlisted for the L.A. Times Science Book Award, and Palestine: A Personal History , as well as articles for many newspapers and journals, including The Sunday Times , The Guardian , Washington Post , Sunday Telegraph , Scientific American , Prospect , and the British Medical Journal .