Alex Perry is a contributing editor at Newsweek's international edition. He is the author of 'Falling Off The Edge', 'Lifeblood', 'The Rif't, and the ebooks 'The Hunt for Boko Haram' and 'Clooney's War'. Prior to joining Newsweek, Perry was a correspondent for TIME. Born in Philadelphia and raised in England, Perry lived and worked for 15 years in Asia and Africa, reporting from more than 100 countries and covering more than 30 wars. He now lives in Hampshire, England.
‘Perry has ably pieced together a number of remarkable stories. His focus … [in his] fast-moving book … is on the women who, sickened by years of abuse and bullying, decided that they would take no more’ Caroline Moorehead, Times Literary Supplement ‘The painful and dangerous process of these women’s rebellion against the family makes a gripping and heart-breaking narrative’ Clare Longrigg, Observer ‘Both harrowing and heartening … and told with Alex Perry's usual verve’ Tom Burgis, Financial Times ‘A brilliant read’ Devika Bhat, The Times ‘This is something special’ Nicholas Schmidle, New Yorker ‘One female prosecutor in Italy believed that she could recruit mistreated, abused, and discarded Mafia women could help bring down the organization. She was right. This story is bananas’ Lauren Katzenberg, New York Times
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