Kate Andersen Brower is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies, and the new book ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE GRIT AND GLAMOUR OF AN ICON. She covered the White House for Bloomberg News during President Barack Obama's first term, and before that, she worked at CBS News and Fox News as a producer. She is also a CNN contributor and has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, and The Smithsonian.
Brower discusses her journey going from an assistant producer for CBS News to booker at FOX News, to jump-start her career as a reporter for Bloomberg, ultimately culminating in pursuing her passion for writing in-depth and becoming a New York Times' bestselling author while on maternity leave with her first child. She walks us through the process of sourcing and researching her books on her own, completely independently. She also shares her writing process and working from home.