When Jean Marie Ward started writing fiction is open to debate. She points to the play about the theft of Thor s hammer she bullied her third grade class into producing. (Yes, she played Loki. You had to ask?) Others claim she didn t become a professional liar until she started writing, editing and committing public relations for the federal government. And like her third grade role model, Jean Marie believes in working both sides of the mike, preferably against the middle. She has served as chief public affairs officer for a major Defense Department agency and associate producer for the long-...