Karl Maier (journalist)

Karl Maier
BornNovember 15,1957
Louisville, Kentucky
Pen nameKarl Maier
OccupationJournalist, writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
Period1990–present
GenreHistory, Politics
Notable worksThis House Has Fallen (2000)
Angola: Promises and Lies (1996)

Karl Maier (born November 1957) is an American journalist and author best known for his work, This House Has Fallen (2000) and his two-decade career at Bloomberg News. Karl worked as a correspondent in Africa serving The Independent, a British newspaper. His articles have also appeared in The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Africa Confidential and The Washington Post Until December 2024, he worked at Bloomberg News, where he was a Middle East editor during the Arab Spring, the Africa politics team leader, and most recently an editor of the Balance of Power newsletter.

He is the author of Angola: Promises and Lies, Into the House of the Ancestors and This House Has Fallen