- Laura Bush's profile will be updated for this edition. - New ratings of the first ladies based on the 2003 Siena College Research Institute Poll. - The First Ladies National Historic Site is in Canton, Ohio. - The author is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
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For his latest book, J.B. Roberts II took a thirteen-hour road trip to northern India in the dead of winter to reach Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's home in exile. While doing research for the book he stayed in an unheated guest house during the coldest January on record for years, raced thunderstorms to write a TV show from an Internet cafe before lightning plunged Dharamsala into a black-out, and immersed himself in the world of Tibetan exiles and their political movements.
It was just another typical adventure in a career that has thrown him into the Salman Rushdie riots in Pakistan, the overthrow of the Ceasescu dictatorship in Romania, and an attempted coup in Argentina. As a freelance television producer, Roberts has written thousands of shows and interviews for world leaders, celebrities, experts, politicians, and authors. He works on assignment around the world, from exotic locales such as a remote atoll in Tahiti to world capitals like Madrid.
Born in Panama, Roberts has lived in Spain and worked throughout Latin America. Before making a mid-career switch to writing fulltime, he was an international political consultant. His experience in the White House and in campaigns in the U.S. and abroad makes him an expert in political movements and trends, especially in developing democracies. His personal knowledge of how politicians work and what motivates them carries into his non-fiction books, bringing an invaluable insider perspective.
He is listed in "Who's Who in America" and has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Reader's Digest, and other publications. When he isn't writing television shows, books, or articles, he can be found drawing and painting,or wandering remote biways in his 1984 Jeep.
