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Mike Allen

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Mike Allen is the chief White House correspondent for POLITICO and the author of the renowned daily political tip sheet, POLITICO Playbook. Previously, he served as White House correspondent for Time and spent six years at The Washington Post, where he covered President Bush’s first term, Capitol Hill, campaign finance, and the Bush, Gore, and Bradley campaigns of 2000.
 
Evan Thomas is the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestsellers John Paul Jones and Sea of Thunder. He was an editor and writer for Time from 1977 to 1986 and for Newsweek from 1986 to 2010. In 1999 he won a National Magazine Award for his writing on the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He is currently Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton and a regular panelist on the syndicated public affairs TV show Inside Washington.
 
POLITICO is a nonpartisan, Washington-based political journalism organization that serves as the one-stop shop for the fastest, deepest coverage of the president, Congress, and the 2012 presidential race. POLITICO’s journalists break news and drive conversation about the White House, Capitol Hill, and Washington lobbying, plus the intersection of politics with Wall Street, the media, and personalities.

Mike Allen Books

The Black Fire Concerto book cover

The Black Fire Concerto

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Slow Burn book cover

Slow Burn

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Smart Brevity book cover

Smart Brevity

Jim VandeHei
Aftermath of an Industrial Accident book cover

Aftermath of an Industrial Accident

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A Sinister Quartet book cover

A Sinister Quartet

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Corvidae book cover

Corvidae

Rhonda Parrish
The Spider Tapestries: Seven Strange Stories book cover

The Spider Tapestries: Seven Strange Stories

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The Sky-Riders book cover

The Sky-Riders

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Hungry Constellations book cover

Hungry Constellations

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Unseaming book cover

Unseaming

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Inside the Circus--Romney, Santorum and the GOP Race: Playbook 2012 (POLITICO Inside Election 2012) book cover

Inside the Circus--Romney, Santorum and the GOP Race: Playbook 2012 (POLITICO Inside Election 2012)

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The Right Fights Back: Playbook 2012 (POLITICO Inside Election 2012) book cover

The Right Fights Back: Playbook 2012 (POLITICO Inside Election 2012)

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