'Kamala's Way' author, veteran journalist Dan Morain, to discuss book, Monday

Donna Leinwand Leger

January 11, 2021

Veteran California journalist Dan Morain, who wrote his first story about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in 1994 for the Los Angeles Times, will discuss his new biography, "Kamala's Way: An American Life," at a National Press Club Headliners Author Talk at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25.

This one-hour program will stream live at 1 p.m. EST, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free of charge. Click here to download a calendar reminder or to access the webcast.

Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Morain in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected]. Please put "Kamala" in the subject line.

"Kamala's Way," published Jan. 12, takes readers from her early years in Oakland and Berkeley through her rise in politics to the second highest office in the land, revealing the forces that shaped her world view, her values and her priorities.

Morain, a former reporter for the Los Angeles Times and former editorial director for the Sacramento Bee, also examines the people in her orbit during that rise to power, including California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

As a columnist and editorial writer during her tenure as California's attorney general, Morain occasionally wrote critically of Harris, calling her out for ducking issues or being "overly cautious." Morain said he gained more understanding of her decision-making process in the course of writing the book.