Peter L. W. Osnos

Author & Publisher

Peter Osnos is the founder of the publishing house PublicAffairs and former publisher of the Times Books imprint at Random House where he was previously a senior editor and associate publisher. Prior to his career in book publishing, he spent eighteen years at the Washington Post, where he was a correspondent in Saigon, Moscow, and London, and served as foreign editor and national editor.

He is the author of Would You Believe…The Helsinki Accords Changed the World and An Especially Good View: Watching History Happen, among other books.

Featured Work

FEB 5, 2024 Podcast

Human Rights, Security, & the Helsinki Legacy: A Discussion with Peter Osnos

This Carnegie Council special event features a roundtable conversation with author Peter Osnos on human rights, security, and the legacy of the Helsinki Accords.