Claude Brickell is a New York-based fiction and non-fiction writer. He attended New York University, the American College and the Sorbonne in Paris and Oxford University in England. He is a Vietnam-era veteran and a former ice hockey league player. His adventure series The Jewel Mysteries traces young art historian Michael Bennington through exciting escapades as he tracks the whereabouts of rare and missing jewels and artifacts world-wide. His 'The Napoleon Connection' is an Amazon.com bestseller. Brickell's most recent book is a political bombshell: 'Edward Snowden in his Own Words,' from online publisher Thought Catalog and available both as ebook and paperback from Amazon.com.
