Larry Loftis is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestselling author of four nonfiction spy thrillers: The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones (winner of the Florida Book Award and the Barnes & Noble September Nonfiction Book of the Month); CODE NAME: LISE: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy (winner of the Florida Book Award and a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist); and Into the Lion’s Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov—World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond (international bestseller). His fourth nonfiction thriller, THE WATCHMAKER’S DAUGHTER, hits bookstores March 7, 2023.
His books have been translated into multiple languages around the world⸻including Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Czech, and Serbian⸻and he has been featured on the Smithsonian Channel, C-Span, and twice on The TODAY Show.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Mr. Loftis was a corporate attorney, publishing scholarly legal articles in the University of Florida Law Review, Suffolk Transnational Law Journal, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Florida Bar Journal, National Law Journal, and Florida Banking. He also has served as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Florida Law School, where he taught writing and appellate advocacy. He received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Florida, where he served on the Law Review as Senior Executive Editor and Senior Articles Editor.