Chris Whipple is an acclaimed writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and speaker. A multiple Peabody and Emmy Award-winning producer at CBS’s 60 Minutes and ABC’s Primetime, he is the chief executive officer of CCWHIP Productions. Most recently, he was the executive producer and writer of Showtime’s The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs.
Books in order of publication:
The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency – 2017
The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future – 2020
The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House – 2023
Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History – An Insider Account of the Presidential Election That Put American Democracy to the Test – 2025
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