title: White King Rising: a novel inspired by actual events
author: Lee Kessler
description: Lee Kessler is a television actress, screenwriter, playwright, and stage director. Her career in Hollywood and New York spans thirty-five years, and includes dozens of guest starring roles in episodic TV, mini-series and movies-of-the-week. She had reoccurring roles in the series "Hill Street Blues" and "Matlock", and was submitted for Emmy nomination twice for her starring roles in the movie "Collision Course," and the ABC special, "Which Mother Is Mine?" She co-starred with Peter O'Toole in the movie "Creator." Lee became the first actress in the world authorized to portray the legendary diarist Anais Nin when her play, "Anais Nin-the Paris Years," was produced in New York and Los Angeles, with a subsequent tour on the West Coast. She also directed the West Coast premiere of A.R. Gurney's "Who Killed Richard Cory?" Since the publication of her suspense novel entitled "White King and the Doctor," Lee has made numerous radio and TV appearances discussing the book's relevance to the outcome of the War on Terror, and has spoken often at book signings and private readings in New York and Los Angeles. In addition, during the development of her entertainment industry career, Lee became a successful entrepreneur, a pioneer in Internet commerce, and today owns an international Internet business which operates throughout the United States. She currently resides in Montana.
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  #  Blackthorn Rising
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ##  Book 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  Michael James Ploof
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  [Table of Contents](part0000_split_035.html#u5oKePuGtMgwAYM9gCFrXFH)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2015 Michael James Ploof
  
  
  
  
  
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  ISBN: 1514338149
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN 13: 9781514338148
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and
  incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a
  fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or
  actual events is purely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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