The Difference Between Authorized And Unauthorized Biographies

Kennedy Was Haunted By The Bay Of Pigs Invasion But Carried The Country Through The Cuban Missile Crisis. He Later Increased The Number Of U.s. Military Advisers To South Vietnam To More Than 16,000.

A Hero Is Someone We Can Admire Without Apology.

I Would Love To Do An Unauthorized Biography About Congress. It's Like A Secret Society Up There.

I Only Choose To Write About People Who Are Alive, Are Extremely Powerful And As Such Have Influenced Our Lives. I Try To Go Behind Their Constructed Myths To Find The Humanity Of The Person. It Takes Me About Four Years On Every Book And Requires Hundreds Of Interviews So I Choose People Whose Lives I Respect And Achievements Are Worth Recording.

Both Kennedy And Obama Exuded A Dash Of Glamour In Their Roles As Commander-in-chief And Became The Darlings Of Hollywood. As President, Each Brought To The White House A Fashionable And Accomplished First Lady, Two Adorable Young Children And Scene-stealing Pets.