"My Meeting with Putin" is a political thriller in which an ordinary American citizen arranges a secret meeting with President Vladimir Putin to propose a bold solution to the war in Ukraine — setting off a chain of events involving NATO, the White House, and the FBI.
A novel featuring: President Vladimir Putin · Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov · President Volodymyr Zelenskyy · NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte · President Donald J. Trump · Secretary of State Marco Rubio · FBI Director Kash Patel
"Even Putin calls it 'one man's fairy tale.'"
Lyle Greenfield has gone “off script” on many occasions throughout his life. Born and raised in Rochester, New York, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Bowling Green University. There he wrote a weekly column for the student newspaper, syndicating it to college papers across the country. During his school years Greenfield had paper routes, worked in landscaping, construction, door-to-door sales and the warehouse of Genesee Brewery. He began his career in New York City as a copywriter, then creative director, for the ad agencies J. Walter Thompson and Saatchi.
On a strong impulse in 1980 Greenfield purchased farmland in Bridgehampton, Long Island and planted a vineyard. There he built the first winery in the Hamptons and for four years served as president of the Long Island Wine Council. (After a 15-year battle with climate and site conditions, the winery closed its doors. The building is now home of the South Fork Natural History Museum.)
In 1989 Greenfield’s passion for music was the impetus for starting Bang Music, a boutique production company that provides original music and audio services for television, documentaries, commercials, podcasts and other media. He is a founding member and former president of the Association of Music Producers (AMP) and co-creator of the AMP Awards for Music and Sound.
Throughout his various endeavors he continued writing. For years he was a frequent contributor to the online magazine SHOOT on the topics of music and popular culture. He is the author of a collection of short stories, The Soul Mate Expeditions; a coffee table memoir, 1000 Days in St. Barth; and a “passion project” volume intended to mend the divisions in our country, Uniting the States of America—a Self-Care Plan for a Wounded Nation (2024).
By 2025, like so many Americans, Greenfield was alarmed and horrified by Russia’s invasion of and continued devastation in Ukraine. And disturbed by his own country’s apparently waffling support for Ukraine and for our NATO allies. In the days leading up to President Trump’s so called “summit” with President Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, he had doubts that anything positive or concrete would come out of that meeting. It would turn out to be no more than a photo op for the two presidents. That’s when an idea came to him. An idea for how the war could be ended by radically changing the basis of the negotiations completely. But how could his idea be brought to Putin’s attention? The answer to that question became the starting point for his novel My Meeting With Putin.
Greenfield resides in Amagansett, Long Island with his wife, Mary Jane Greenfield.