1||Is America ready for a novelist-in-chief?
Many people know that former House Speaker and recently-announced Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has pumped out a number of political books and documentaries in recent years. But since 1995, Gingrich has also co-authored 8 works of historical fiction with William R. Forstchen, a Faculty Fellow at Montreat College in North Carolina. In fact, Gingrich and Forstchen have published a novel nearly every year since 2003 — and 2011 won’t hurt their average. “The Battle of the Crater,” set during the Civil War, is scheduled to be published in November.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=111654