Ian Adams is a writer who has covered war in South-East Asia, revolutions and the "dirty wars" in South America. He has travelled widely in Africa, Pakistan, the Middle East, Central America, Europe and North America, and written about those places. He has published ten books, fiction and non-fiction, mostly about intelligence services, and essentially with the premise that intelligence organizations are really secret governments that in reality wield more power than democratically elected ones. Since 2000 he has also been writing screenplays, two of which he adapted from his books and were made into movies. (See the attached list of awards for produced screenplays written by him and his writing partner, Riley Adams.) He was born in the Congo to Irish missionary parents, grew up in Africa, and is now a resident of Toronto, and a Canadian citizen.