H. Keith Melton

H. Keith Melton is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, an intelligence historian, and a specialist in clandestine technology and espionage tradecraft. Melton is the author of many spy books.[1] He also is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.[2]

Melton is the holder of the largest collection of privately held espionage artifacts with thousands of items.[2][3] Discovery Times Square has a temporary exhibit of his more important pieces from his collection on display beginning May 18, 2012.[4]

In 2019 Melton contributed to the script for Czech spy drama The Sleepers, an HBO Europe project.[5]

  1. ^ WorldCat
  2. ^ a b "Board of Directors". International spy museum.
  3. ^ Brennan, Morgan (December 2012). "Mansion Of Secrets: An Espionage Expert's Outrageous Spy Lair". Forbes.
  4. ^ "SPY Exhibition World Premiere Unlocks Treasures From The World's Largest Espionage Collection, With Items From The CIA, The FBI, and The NRO". PR Newswire. May 8, 2012.
  5. ^ "Spy drama with Hofmann, Myšička and Pauhofová will be presented in Karlovy Vary". Vaaju. May 30, 2019.