Vernon F. Loeb is an American journalist and book author. Before being named managing editor at the Houston Chronicle Loeb was Metro Editor at the Washington Post. He is co-author of the books King's Counsel: A Memoir of War, Espionage, and Diplomacy in the Middle East with Jack O'Connell, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus with Paula Broadwell, and Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story with Jack Devine.