Look and Listen

Biography

Hill Kemp, Author WWW.Capitoloffense.com Capitol Offense ISBN-1878096702 Secrets, Fact or Fiction? ISBN-0973728256 WWW.SecretsFactOrFiction.com www.guardianangelpublishing.com/lucky-penny.htm Milam, Texas * HILL KEMP is a former Texas State Representative and his novel, Capitol Offense, ISBN 1878096702, rips away the Austin facade and reveals a surprising cast of the real players and their cut-throat contentions. In the place where George W. Bush and Karl Rove learned their abc's of governing, Kemp's novel exposes the hidden 90% of the governing process which never makes its way into the news. Capitol Offense, is a parody of then governor Bush and virtually a literary political cartoon. The page-turner was labeled “dangerously close to reality” by one Austin, Texas veteran. * HERE'S what Rebecca Henderson of All Book Reviews had to say in a 5-star review of Capitol Offense. “It's a mystery, it's a romance, it's Texas politics, it's a thriller, and it's fabulous! Hill Kemp's Capitol Offense is a book that I couldn't put down until I finished. Like just about every good fiction read, Capitol Offense takes the reader down a completely different path from what you might think on the last couple of pages. I'm hoping Kemp has another book soon!” * IN an equally gripping sequel to Capitol Offense, Kemp takes readers on another white-knuckle ride even deeper into the heart of Texas. A Lone Star Special at the publishers and is due out in 2008. A Lone Star Special will drive the legislative thriller path further into the murky depths of Texas politics. * HILL KEMP is one of nine authors of Secrets, Fact or Fiction? (ISBN 0-9737282-5-6) and Secrets, Fact or Fiction? II (ISBN 1595940626), NEW RELEASE!, anthologies of short stories written very close to the truth - and some may be true. Readers are challenged to use their detective skills, sort out truth from fiction and vote their choice on a ballot in the book. Families make a great learning game comparing their Fact and Fiction guesses. The authors are in partnership with the National Center for Family Literacy * HIS children's chapter book, Lucky Penny, was co-written with his granddaughter, Siena. It's the story of a fourth-grader who is committed to her friends while discovering just what friendship means. This e-book/print book was published in December, 2007 by Guardian Angel Publishing. See www.guardianangelpublishing.com/lucky-penny.htm * HILL KEMP lives in the forest and lake country in northwest Louisiana. He is the father of two and grandfather of three. Educated as an engineer, he worked in the chemical industry for two decades before being elected to the Texas House of Representatives. Kemp has since worked as a consultant, a lobbyist, an author and run for the US Congress. * YOU can reach Hill Kemp through his website: http://www.capitoloffense.com

Inspiration

I saw something that scared the hell out of me. I had to tell the world. * I was privileged to have a unique point of view when George W. Bush, Karl Rove and Paula Hughes set up for the first time as Texas Governor in 1995. As a lobbyist and former state rep I knew the Texas legislative process. As an experienced organizational consultant, I knew how organizations form and operate - what makes them tick. * I watched as the new Bush governor's administration demonstrated a set of values - its organizational DNA - in the first weeks of the legislative session. I was impressed. Then, to my shock, those core, foundational values were changed and sometimes reversed just a few weeks later. I watched this “principles du jour” throughout Bush's time in Austin and now see it played out tragically on the world stage. Capitol Offense is my attempt to show the dangerous, amoral nature of the Bush/Rove leadership and how it might be changed. * MY first attempt at writing, five years before, was inspired by a story, which played like a video in my head over a several day period. I wrote that story in 300 pages and I would not have read it myself. I then took a university night course in writing and, starting with blank screen, wrote the story again. It had no heart. Finally, on the advice of my philosopher daughter, I tried a complete other tack. That resulted in a manuscript, which gifted to me a part of my life I had lost, still bringing tears when I read it. It has never been published, but I've gained tremendously from it. Writing has become a vital part of my life.