Margaret Lowrie Robertson was an International Correspondent in CNN's London Bureau from 1993 to 2002, covering British news and politics and other European stories. During the first Gulf War in 1991, she was one of the first female reporters to broadcast live from inside Iraq during the Allied bombing campaign. From 1989 to 1993, she was a reporter for CNN based in Chicago. Earlier in her career, she covered the Middle East for CBS News, based in Cairo. Before shifting to TV, she freelanced for CBS Radio News from Beirut, for National Public Radio from Poland and contributed stories to The New York Times from Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Robertson is a graduate of Boston University and began her career as a copyboy at the New York Times. She was born in Washington, DC and raised in Virginia. She is married to CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, widely known for his war reporting from around conflict zones around the world. They have two children and live in London. Season of Betrayal is her first book.