Patrick Cockburn is currently Middle East correspondent for The Independent and worked previously for The Financial Times. He has written three books on Iraq's recent history as well as a memoir, "The Broken Boy," and, with his son, a book on schizophrenia, "Henry's Demons," which was shortlisted for a Costa Award. He won the Martha Gellhorn Prize in 2005, the James Cameron Prize in 2006, and the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2009. He was named Foreign Commentator of the Year by the Comment Awards in 2013.