Peter Tompkins (April 19, 1919 – January 23, 2007) was an American journalist, World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) spy in Rome, and best-selling author.
[1] Tompkins was born in Athens, Georgia, and later travelled to Rome, where he learned Italian.
[2] He worked closely with Maurizio Giglio, an Italian policeman who was an OSS secret agent.
In 1962 he published his diary, titled A Spy in Rome (New York: Simon & Schuster).
[3] In 1977, he hosted a documentary film called Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle, directed by Donald Brittain.