David Finkel

David Finkel is a well known writer and journalist from the United States, who is popular for writing military fiction, war, nonfiction, and historical novels. He is known for his brave reporting work in the war-trodden countries. Author Finkel is particularly famous for writing the books, Thank You for Your Service and The Good Soldiers. In addition to his writing work, he is also employed at The Washington Post as a staff writer. Finkel is also the leader of the national level reporting team of Washington Post. Author Finkel has received the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 while working for the Post for his explanatory reporting in a story series based on Yemen’s democracy efforts funded by the U.S. In 2017, he became Post’s countrywide enterprise editor. Finkel has even worked in the division of foreign staff of the Post. He became a MacArthur Fellow in 2012. In Good Soldiers, author Finkel has described the period of time he had spent in Baghdad in 2007. He was tasked as an embedded journalist with the 2nd Battalion in the 16th Infantry Regiment of Fourth Infantry-Brigade-Combat Team, First Infantry Division. This team is also called as the 2-16 Rangers and was involved in stabilizing a region in Baghdad.