'Every time I write a biography, I really feel like I am getting to know the subject, and even make friends with them,' she said. Given her professional focus in recent months, the events at the Capitol felt very close to home. Gormley was worried about the inauguration and the days ahead. Just days after the attack on the Capitol, like so many Americans, Ms.

But then, as we know, he staged a comeback. Gormley was concerned that she may have done a lot of research to no avail. After the earliest primaries, when it looked as though Biden had reached the end of the line, Ms. She's worked with a number of publishers, most recently for Simon & Schuster's Alladin House imprint, which asked her to work on a book about Biden at the beginning of the campaign - well before it was evident that he would be the candidate. This all came back to me when my kids were that age.' It was around that time she started writing for the young adult market - and her career took off. 'When I was young I would go to the library and get a big stack of them. 'I've always loved biographies,' she said in a call from her home on the day of the title's release. She favors biographies, and her latest, released just last week, is a particularly timely one: Joe Biden, Our 46th President. She has published about a book a year, and has for many years, with some 35 titles to her name. The California native has found the South Coast to be fertile ground for her creative pursuits. Author Beatrice Gormley has lived in Westport for two decades, 'So I'm new here,' she jokes.

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