Michael Farquhar este scriitor si redactor la The Washington Post specializat in istorie. A semnat numeroase lucrari devenite bestseller: Behind the Palace Doors, A Treasury of Great American Scandals, A Treasury of Deception si A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans. Este coautor al cartii The Century: History as it Happened on the Front Page of the Capital’s Newspaper. Lucrarile lui au aparut intr-o serie de publicatii nationale, precum The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News. Locuieste in Washington, D.C.