Opinion: I’ve written novels about a female president since the 1980s. I’m ready for fiction to become reality
LA TimesDemocratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Arizona on Oct. 10. When I wrote “The President’s Daughter,” the idea of a female president felt completely foreign. The prospect of the U.S. electing a woman as president felt like an increasingly distant goal, even after — maybe especially after — Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016. And working in North Carolina, talking to thousands of prospective voters who could join Liz Cheney, Bernie Sanders, Mark Cuban, retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Taylor Swift in voting for Harris, has me feeling the way I did when that first book was published — as if a woman will occupy the Oval Office sooner rather than later. Ellen Emerson White is the author of many books, including the President’s Daughter series, “The Road Home” and, most recently, “A Season of Daring Greatly.”
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