In Novels, an Ex-Spy Returns to the Fold (Valerie Plame Wilson)

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/books/valerie-plame-wilson-to-write-series-of-spy-novels.html



By JULIE BOSMAN
Published: March 18, 2011

The sexy female spy has a well-worn place in popular culture. Angelina Jolie, donning heavy black eyeliner and a slim trench coat, in “Salt.” Halle Berry in “Die Another Day,” seductively climbing out of the surf in an orange bikini.

Who better to roll her eyes at it all than Valerie Plame Wilson, the real-life glamorous former C.I.A. operative?

“They always tend to be cardboard characters, with a heavy reliance on physicality,” Ms. Wilson said, calling from her home in Santa Fe, N.M. “Of course the job has a lot of glamour. But it really is about being smarter than your average bear. Your mind is your best weapon. It’s great when you’re a good shot with an AK-47, but it’s about being clever.”

Fed up with those popular images of the female secret agent, Ms. Wilson decided to draft her own. Eight years after her cover was blown by the political columnist Robert Novak, she has signed a book deal with Penguin Group USA to write a series of international suspense novels, with a fictional operative, Vanessa Pearson, at the center. Ms. Wilson will write them with Sarah Lovett, a best-selling author of mysteries, who also lives in Santa Fe.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Curses." - Scooter Scumbag (R - Traitor)

[druidity33]

2. Kudos to her...

but i gotta tell you, i couldn't get through Fair Game. Really dodderingly slow and painfully, poorly written. If her fiction work is as dull as the reality, i doubt she'll have any bestsellers.

:(

[CTyankee]

3. Sounds to me like the co-author will be in charge of the actual writing and Plame

will be providing plot and character guidelines. She knows how the CIA ticks and how agents operate. I'm interested in reading one of these books. Sounds like fun...

[catrose]

4. Vanessa Pearson, huh?

I guess if anybody has a right to be Mary Sue, it's Valerie. I mean, she really has done a lot of heroic stuff her own self; she won't have to make it all up. Best to her; I'm looking forward to reading them too--if she and Lovett can't get across a sense of realism, it can't be done.