LOUISE PENNY

Books-Clinton-Penny This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "State of Terror," a novel by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny. “State of Terror,” completed months ago and coming out this week, is a thriller co-written by Clinton and her friend Louise Penny, the bestselling crime novelist. When Penny remembered her apprehension about meeting Clinton — “Hillary Clinton, my God, just so impressive, smart and thoughtful” — Clinton smiled wryly and rolled her eyes. Fiction allows for what politicians calls “plausible deniability,” and that extends to whether Clinton and Penny may team up again. The novel’s ending strongly suggests that another Ellen Adams novel is likely, but Clinton responds as she might have years ago when asked if she were running for president.

Hillary Clinton's next book mentions a rising Taliban in Afghanistan and a Joint Chiefs of Staff chair who clashes with the president.

The bestselling mystery writer and the former Democratic presidential candidate forged a friendship having experienced loss – and working together on the conspiracy novel "State of Terror" was a form of therapy for both.

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Books Joan Allen FILE - Joan Allen arrives at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom on Nov. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles.Allen will narrate the audiobook for “State of Terror,” the political thriller co-written by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny, releasing Oct. 12. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) (Jordan Strauss)NEW YORK — (AP) — The audiobook narrator for “State of Terror,” the political thriller co-written by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny, is an actor with experience playing first ladies, CIA officials and others in government: Joan Allen. “I am such a fan of Joan Allen — when I heard she would be the voice of ‘State of Terror,’ I was ecstatic," Penny said in a statement Tuesday issued through Simon & Schuster. Senator and first lady who served as secretary of state during President Barack Obama's first term. Allen, who in a statement called “State of Terror” a “heart-pounding ride,” received an Academy Award nomination for her performance as first lady Pat Nixon in the Oliver Stone movie “Nixon."

The audiobook narrator for a new political thriller co-written by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny is an actor with experience playing first ladies, CIA officials and others in government.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 17, 2020 in Pasadena, California. The mystery novel fan and former Secretary of State is teaming up with award-winning author Louise Penny to pen her first fiction book "State of Terror." The novel centers around a novice Secretary of State working in the administration of a rival politician who tries to solve a wave of terrorist attacks. Clinton's transition to fiction writing comes as her husband, former President Bill Clinton, is set to release his second collaboration with mystery writer James Patterson. The pair previously wrote the cyber thriller "The President is Missing" and are set to publish a follow up called "The President's Daughter" in June.

This combination photo shows former secretary of state Hillary Clinton at the premiere of the Hulu documentary "Hillary" in New York on March 4, 2020, left, and a portrait of author Louise Penny. Clinton is teaming up with Penny on the novel State of Terror, out Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, left, and Jean-Francois Brub via AP)NEW YORK – One of the world's better known fans of mystery novels, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is now writing one. “Writing a thriller with Louise is a dream come true," Clinton, who has expressed admiration for Penny and other mystery writers in the past, said in a statement Tuesday. Hillary Clinton, secretary of state during Barack Obama's first term, has written a handful of nonfiction works.