Time Magazine journalist Simon Shuster presents an eye-opening biography of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine.

From successful actor and comedian to legendary wartime leader, Volodymyr Zelenksy's career is not only unconventional, it is unprecedented.

Simon Shuster is a journalist for Time Magazine who has reported in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, for 15 years.

Shuster was born in Russia before the collapse of the Soviet Union, but when he was six, his family fled to the U.S., where he still lives.

Shuster's family is Ukrainian and Russian; he was born near Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown and, like Zelensky, grew up speaking Russian at home.

In his January 2024 biography, The Showman, Shuster offers readers an intimate and exclusive portrait of the Ukrainian president from before he took office through to the continuing war in Ukraine.