James Comey
Born: December 14, 1960 – Yonkers, New York, United States
James Comey is an American lawyer and former FBI director whose writing centers on leadership, ethics, justice, and public service. His books include the memoir A Higher Loyalty, a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, and the legal thrillers Central Park West and Westport, which mark his move into fiction.
Biography & Author's Journey
James Brien Comey Jr. was born in Yonkers, New York, on December 14, 1960, and grew up in Allendale, New Jersey. At the College of William & Mary he studied chemistry and religion, graduating in 1982, before earning a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1985. Those fields foreshadowed the blend of analytical and moral language that would later shape his books. After clerking and working as a federal prosecutor, he built a national profile in a succession of senior legal roles, including U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, deputy attorney general, and, from 2013 to 2017, the seventh director of the FBI. ((https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Comey))
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