Karen Elliott House is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and former managing editor, publisher, and international editor at The Wall Street Journal with over four decades of experience covering Saudi Arabia. Her latest book, The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia (2025), draws on exclusive interviews with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and offers a nuanced view of a ruler trying to modernize while consolidating power. House is also author of On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines — and Future. 

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