Larry Siems
Writer, editor and human rights advocate
Larry Siems is a writer, journalist and human rights advocate. He edited Mohamedou Ould Slahi's Guantánamo Diary.
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About Larry Siems
Larry Siems spent 17 years at PEN, the international writers' organization, directing its Freedom to Write and International Programs. He became Chief of Staff at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in 2017. As a journalist and author, he has written on immigration, human rights and free expression. His books include The Torture Report. He edited, annotated and introduced Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a New York Times bestseller published in 27 countries and 22 languages. He later worked with Slahi on a restored edition of the book, and collaborated with him on the novel The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga.