Susan Bradford

Susan Bradford is a writer, historian, and journalist who has written, ghost written, and edited a number of books and articles.

Of note, she was the lead investigative journalist on the Abramoff investigation. Over the course of her investigation, she acquired the exclusive with Republican superlobbyist Jack Abramoff to write a book about the scandal surrounding his lobbying. As part of her research, she interviewed hundreds of sources and exhumed thousands of documents, enabling her to uncovered substantial prosecutorial misconduct, international money laundering networks, and an international crime syndicate linking the casinos, federally recognized Indian tribes, energy companies, the churches, pharmaceutical companies, tech companies, international banks, among other interests aligned with the City of London, leading her to write a series of books on her discoveries along with a fascinating exploration of the Royal bloodlines and the rise and fall of civilizations.

Susan interned at CBS-TV in Los Angeles while earning a BA in English from UC Irvine. As an undergraduate, she edited the college newspaper and both hosted and executive produced a foreign affairs interview show with the Orange County World Affairs Council and Office of Protocol, which placed third in the California's Press Women's state-wide communications contest.

As the first and only student member of the Hollywood Women's Press Club. Susan served on the HWPC's Board of Directors, Scholarship Foundation, and Golden Apple Awards Committee.

Bradford holds an MA in International Relations and postgraduate certificate in Political Science from the University of Essex and a postgraduate certificate in Public International Law from the University of Helsinki.

As a postgraduate, Susan founded and edited the European Review, the departmental publication for the Center for European Studies. As Editor, she published contributions from leading heads of state and academics on evolving European integration and Atlantic Alliance. As ER foreign correspondent, she covered such events as the Council of Europe Summit in Madrid, which launched the euro; an anti-NATO debate in the Russian state Duma; and the Britain in the World conference in London. She also interviewed a number of leading heads of state and architects of the international world order, including, for example, Baron Robert Rothschild.

While working on her Master's degree, Susan was Senior Research Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the UK . In addition to serving as Liaison Officer for the European Society, she was Essex representative on the NATO Universities Advisory Committee, and publications coordinator for the European Movement's London Strategy Group.

Susan also joined MEP Hugh Kerr on a listening tour to the European Parliament as part of a student delegation.

She refined her knowledge of foreign affairs at the European-Atlantic Group and as ACUK representative before the Standing Conference of Atlantic Organizations and the Atlantic Treaty Association.

She was appointed Acting Editor of the New Atlantic Initiatives, an eponymous newsletter based upon the NAI established by the Prague Declaration which documented the creation of a prospective TAFTA or TransAtlantic Free Trade Area, linking the European Union and NAFTA.

Bradford spent a summer writing speeches for UK Shadow Foreign Secretary Michael Howard.

She then returned to the Washington, DC where she worked for Fox News Channel as freelance producer, and freelanced with United Press International, Reuters, and Associated Press. Afterward, she was Assignments Editor for the Voice of America.

At the height of the North Korean conflict, Susan joined the Korean Embassy as speech writer, book editor, and media manager for Korean Ambassador Sung Chul Yang.

Susan is a public speaker, author, and journalist who has appeared on TV and radio shows, podcasts, and elsewhere.

Her professional biography is included in Marquis' Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who Among American Women.

Contact: susan@susanbradford.org