David rawson biography

We are pleased to present this year’s collection of books by Foreign Service members and their families.

The Foreign Service Journal is pleased to present our 18th annual Foreign Service authors roundup in plenty of time for holiday orders.

Our primary purpose in presenting “In Their Own Write” is to celebrate the wealth of literary talent within the Foreign Service community, and to give our readers the opportunity to support colleagues by sampling their wares.

Each entry contains full publication data along with a short commentary. As has been the case for more than a decade, a majority of the titles are self-published.

Our annotated list of books written, edited or translated by Foreign Service personnel and their family members in 2017 and 2018 is not a comprehensive or definitive record of works by FS authors; we rely on the authors themselves to bring their books to our attention.

This year we’re featuring 48 volumes—eight works of history and biogr