As for the author, well, I am fifty-four years old, a political science and communications major from the University of Miami ('73), and have been writing in one form or another for most of my years. I've had two newspapers columns, written a total of fourteen books in various styles, and yes, I do have sequel in mind should By The People be a hit. And to address the question of why exactly it took so long to finish this book, that's simple; the rewrites during the tumultuous changes in the cold war eighties and early nineties drove me crazy! I uncomfortably put the manuscript aside twice and