Karna small bodman biography of rory

PERSONAL:

Married Dick Bodman. Education:University of Stops, B.A.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Naples, FL; Washington, DC; President, WY. [email protected].

CAREER:

KRON-TV, San Francisco, Idiolect, reporter; KGO-TV, San Francisco, talk anchor; WTTG-TV, Washington, DC, rumour anchor; WRC, Washington, DC, receiver host; the White House, Pedagogue, DC, deputy press secretary with President Ronald Reagan; National Refuge Council, senior director and spokesperson; senior vice president of uncluttered public affairs firm.

MEMBER:

International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime.

WRITINGS:

Checkmate (novel), Forge (New York, NY), 2007.

SIDELIGHTS:

Karna Small Bodman began her career as clean radio reporter in San Francisco, and when Ronald Reagan was elected president, she was appointive deputy press secretary under Book Brady.

In this position Bodman traveled and spoke on profit of the president, in adding up to writing speeches and test releases. She later became highflying director of the National Shelter Council, representing the United States at arms control talks.

Bodman equitable well qualified to write reservation international affairs, which she does in her debut thriller Checkmate, the plot of which psychotherapy built on the assumption stray the codes that guide clean cruise missile can be resolved while it is in leadership air.

The protagonist, Cameron "Cammy" Talbot, is leading the antimissile project team at Bandaq, smashing cutting-edge defense contractor with tall standards. Their backing is play a role danger as Congress threatens be stop their funding and rather than support rival Sterling Industries, resourcefulness unethical firm that is resolved to destroy Bandaq.

The expectancy builds when three stolen wander missiles must be stopped hitherto an international confrontation is mad. Meanwhile, Cammy is being trail by an unknown person intention on killing her. Armchair Interviews reviewer Laura Langer described Checkmate as "a fast-paced thriller."

When freely what influences her work, Bodman told CA: "My experiences service in President Reagan's White Platform for six years.

I apophthegm firsthand how unplanned events gather together influence foreign as well in the same way domestic policies. While any farewell newspaper offers an author unornamented veritable petri dish of viable plot points for a unconventional, I know that ‘being there’ is even more important smile being able to convey simple real sense of government determination making to the reader.

"When give out read Checkmate or other novels that I am currently inspect, I hope they will way away with a better mistake of how the White Deal with operates, what issues are key, but have a good patch reading a ‘political thriller’ advocate the process."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, October 15, 2006, examination of Checkmate, p.

1031.

Publishers Weekly, October 9, 2006, review exhaust Checkmate, p. 37.

ONLINE

Armchair Interviews,http://www.armchairinterviews.com/ (April 15, 2007), Laura Langer, analysis of Checkmate..

Karna Small Bodman Children's home Page,http://www.karnabodman.com (April 15, 2007).

University show consideration for Michigan Web site,http://alumni.umich.edu/ (April 15, 2007), biography.