James Cannon

James Cannon is currently retired from public life. He has
served as chief of staff for Senator Howard H. Baker Jr.
and as Assistant for Domestic Affairs to President Ford. As
an assistant to Governor Nelson Rockefeller, he coordinated
New York State’s dealings with Congress and the White House
and was adviser to Governor Rockefeller for his
confirmation as vice president. Before entering political
work, Cannon was chief political writer, national affairs
correspondent, and Chief of Correspondents at Newsweek.
Before that he was on the staff of Time. During World War
II he served in the U.S. Army and O.S.S. in the Caribbean
and Asia theaters, achieving the rank of captain. Author or
coauthor of four previous books, this is his first work of
fiction. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife.