Peter Godwin

Peter Godwin
Godwin in 2014
Born	4 December 1957 Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Occupation	Journalist, Author/Memoirist
Notable credit(s)	Foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times Author of Mukiwa: White Boy in Africa Author of When A Crocodile Eats The Sun Author of The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
Spouse(s)	Joanna Coles
Children	2
Relatives	Georgina Godwin (broadcaster)

Foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times

Author of Mukiwa: White Boy in Africa

Author of When A Crocodile Eats The Sun

Peter Godwin (born 4 December 1957) is a Zimbabwean author, journalist, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer. Best known for his writings concerning the breakdown of his native Zimbabwe, he has reported from more than 60 countries and written several books. He is currently President of PEN American Center and resides in Manhattan, New York with his wife, Joanna Coles, who was named Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan in 2012.

His mother is of English descent and is a former hospital doctor. His father was an engineer and is of Polish Jewish ancestry. His father's immediate family were killed in the Holocaust. Godwin grew up with his family in Rhodesia, where he attended the prestigious St. George's College. He was conscripted into the British South Africa Police at the age of seventeen to fight in the Rhodesian Bush War. In 1978, his older sister Jain and her fiancé were killed when their car hit an army ambush. He studied Law at Cambridge University and International Relations at Oxford University.

Godwin was formerly a foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times (London), covering wars in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Later he was the chief correspondent for the BBC's foreign affairs program, directing documentaries on Cuba, Czechoslovakia, and the Balkans.

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