John Otis

Born in Minnesota, John Otis has worked as a reporter in Central and South America for more than two decades, and served for eight years as South America Bureau Chief for the Houston Chronicle. His 2001 investigation of Colombia's FARC guerrillas was honored by the Overseas Press Club as the best reporting out of Latin America. He now reports from Colombia for Time, GlobalPost and PRI's The World radio program. He lives in Bogota. Law of the Jungle is his first book.