Bestselling author Joe McGinniss is a renowned investigator of politicians and political image-making, with deep knowledge of Alaska gained from residence and reporting there and a talent for writing riveting narratives about noteworthy topics. His forty-plus-year career as an investigative journalist and author has been ideal preparation for a book on Sarah Palin, the embodiment of contemporary political packaging and self-professed exemplar of the Alaskan character and American 'family values.