Ep 167: Peter Stone

Peter Stone, debut author of THE PERFECT CANDIDATE, talks about his time in Washington (before the onset of the 24-hour news cycle), how interns run the world, and how writing a speech for his wife led him to finally try a novel.   Peter Stone Show Notes The Firm by John Grisham YALLWEST YALLFest Watergate (for more, listen to Slow Burn Season 1) Monica Lewinsky (for more, listen to Slow Burn Season 2) Chandra Levy The My Favorite Murder podcast episode about Chandra Levy's death The NPR Politics podcast The Wilderness (by Crooked Media) JonBenet Ramsey Laci Peterson Newt Gingrich Old Ebbitt Grill (bar in Washington, D.C.) The Beautiful Creatures series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) The Robert Mueller Investigation George Papadopoulos Edward Snowden Whitewater (for more, listen to Slow Burn Season 2) Vince Foster (for more, listen to Slow Burn Season 2) House of Cards (TV show) Scandal (TV show) The Pelican Brief (movie) The Hunt for Red October (movie) Ben's Chili Bowl (restaurant in D.C.) Tortilla Coast (restaurant in D.C.) Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe Neil Gaiman's quote about writing while inspired