Francis Fukuyama was born in Chicago in 1952. His work includes America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy and After the Neo Cons: Where the Right went Wrong. He now lives in Washington D.C. with his wife and children, where he also works as a part time photographer.

Francis Fukuyama is the internationally bestselling author of 11 books, including the modern classic, The End of History and the Last Man. He is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford.