Robert Draper tells story of Texas two-step on way to unauthorized bio of George W. Bush
When he wrote a Texas Monthly profile of then Texas Governor George W. Bush, whom Draper described as an 'oil man of little distinction', Draper never expected to write a serious biography of Bush, Draper told the audience at the Miami Book Fair International 2007. But Bush liked the profile and next thing Draper knew, he was commissioned to write a 2004 profile of President Bush for GQ magazine. To his surprise, with a modicum of guile and wit, Draper ultimately was able to penetrate the President's inner circle to interview the famously secretive President at length for his unauthorized biography, Dead Certain (Free Press paperback; March, 2008). Having told his improbable, but true story, Draper then took questions from the audience on the change in Bush in the years from Governor of Texas to President of the U.S.; and Bush's taste for political power; and the difference between an authorized and an unauthorized biography.
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Robert Draper tells story of Texas two-step on way to unauthorized bio of George W. Bush
