Andrew Kaplan is the author of two bestselling spy thriller book series: “Scorpion” and “Homeland”, the original novels of the award-winning Homeland television series. His Homeland novel, “Homeland: Saul’s Game” won the 2015 Scribe award. His books have sold millions of copies and have been translated into 28 languages. In addition to his series novels, his standalone novels include the NY Times bestsellers “Dragonfire,” “Hour of the Assassins,” about the hunt for the Nazi war criminal, Dr. Joseph Mengele, and “War of the Raven,” selected by the American Library Association as “one of the 100 Best Books ever written about World War Two.” His Homeland novel “Homeland: Carrie’s Run” was an international phenomenon and “Homeland: Saul’s Game” won the Scribe award. His novel “Blue Madagascar,” a #1 Amazon Hot List bestseller, was a finalist for both the American Book Fest and the International Thriller Writers Association Awards and won the eGlobal and Chanticleer Best Thriller of the Year awards. His most recent bestseller, “Once Upon a Villa,” a memoir of the time he and his family lived on the French Riviera, won the Storytrade, National Indie Excellence, and the Global Book awards, and the Poynter Legacy Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. His screenwriting career includes the James Bond film “Goldeneye.”