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Clark, a producer at CBS News, is a best-selling author of media-thriller fiction. Since her first novel in 1998, she has won kudos for transforming her television news experience into action and intrigue in seven books. Booklist said: “Clark has perfected the suspense novel, where in classic Christie fashion everyone is a potential suspect.” Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather calls Clark “one of the most exciting novelists in America”.
Clark graduated from the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1976 with degrees in journalism and political science, and was a recipient of a 2005 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Achievement Award. Her seventh book, Hide Yourself Away, is set in Newport, R.I. Her eighth, Dancing in the Dark, will be released later this month.
To enter the chat, go to http://advance.uri.edu/chats for instructions. Participants may submit questions in advance, but the chat will not begin until the scheduled date and time. Thirty minutes is the total time allotted for the online chat. A full transcript will be posted to the University鈥檚 website at the end. If you have questions about web chats, please contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Office at 401-874-4962.
The online chats, which began in September 2004, have featured question and answer sessions with such alumni as Tom Mulligan, Los Angeles Times Correspondent discussing The Iraq Factor: A View From the Streets of Baghdad; Ross Kauffman, filmmaker and 2005 Academy Award winner talking about the making of “Born into Brothels鈥�; and marine explorer Robert Ballard discussing archaeological oceanography. 溏心vlog免费B站 administrators and faculty, including President Robert L. Carothers, College of Nursing Dean Dayle Joseph, and Women鈥檚 Basketball Coach Tom Garrick have also participated in chats.
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