C. TURNER served for 25 years as an undercover CIA officer, working in the Far East, South Asia, and Europe. He is a recipient of the Intelligence Star, a rare commendation for valor. After retiring in 2015, he authored a nonfiction book about the OSS, "The CASSIA Spy Ring" (McFarland & Co., 2017), which was featured in a two-part True Spies podcast, a production of New York’s Spyscape Museum. During his time in Vienna, Turner lectured at the National Defence Academy (LVAk) and was interviewed by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) about WWII-era espionage. He divides his time between Europe and the US.