H. Keith Melton

• Renowned intelligence and military historian

• Author of several books on espionage, including the well-known and regarded "Ultimate Spy Book"

• Leading expert on clandestine devices and equipment

• Internationally-recognized authority on espionage paraphernalia

• Has world's largest collection of spy devices, books, uniforms, papers and equipment from US, Russian, East Germany and others

• Documentary producer and consultant

• Successful businessman

• US Naval Academy graduate

• Board of Advisors, International Spy Museum

• Advisor to the US Intelligence Community

• Professor, Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies

H. Keith Melton is a renowned military historian, author and expert on clandestine devices and equipment. He is recognized internationally as an authority on espionage paraphernalia and has assembled an unparalleled collection of over 7,500 spy devices, books, and papers of famous spies--a portion of which is currently on temporary display in the Cold War Exhibit within the headquarters of the CIA. Melton also serves as an advisor to US intelligence agencies on historical espionage equipment. 

Melton is the author of several books on espionage, including SPYCRAFT: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda, The Ultimate Spy Book which has a foreword written by former DCI William Colby and ret. KGB General Oleg Kalugin. He has also written CIA Special Weapons and Equipment, OSS Special Weapons and Equipment and Clandestine Warfare and is working on a book about spy cameras. 

Melton has recently updated his Ultimate Spy book with new forewords by former Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms and Markus Wolf, former head of East German foreign intelligence. Read the review of the book by Hayden Peake, the curator of the CIA's Historical Intelligence Collection.

Melton is a 1966 US Naval Academy graduate, an accomplished businessman and has produced and consulted on a wide variety of television programs focused on espionage topics such as the Spies TV series, SpyTek and many others. He is a member of the board of advisors of the International Spy Museum, the National Historical Intelligence Museum and an active member of many other intelligence-related societies.

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