Omid Scobie is a London-based journalist, author, Harper's Bazaar editor-at-large and Yahoo! News executive editor. His New York Times bestselling biography on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Finding Freedom, is one of the fastest selling royal books of all time and has seen Scobie become the most talked about royal correspondent of this generation.
Today, he remains an authoritative voice on the lives and philanthropic endeavors of the British Royal Family, which he has covered since 2011, and can regularly be seen on U.S. television as a contributor for Good Morning America and ABC News, helping shape coverage for breaking royal news and major royal events. An advocate for a more diverse, inclusive and ethical media, Scobie is regularly invited to speak with at industry events and with journalism students.
The much-anticipated novel, Royal Spin, from preeminent journalist and royal biographer Omid Scobie and National Book Award-winner Robin Benway, two bestselling and beloved authors who are drawing from their real world expertise, an irresistibly entertaining story about a young American woman who takes a job at Buckingham Palace-where she finds herself tangled in a royal mess she might not be able to spin her way out of.She can handle the press...but can she handle the Palace?
Omid and Robin joined Mike Pomp on the Morning Information Center to chat about the new royal novel.