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Peter Copeland

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I have been a journalist and author for 40 years, starting as a night police reporter in Chicago. I moved to El Paso, Texas, and covered the border with Mexico. Then I opened a bureau in Mexico City to cover all of Latin America for five years during the 1980s. I covered the Pentagon for five years, including the U.S. invasion of Panama, the first Gulf War and the intervention in Somalia. I was the Washington bureau chief for the E.W. Scripps Company for 14 years. Finding the News is my fifth book. I'm married with two children and live in Washington, D.C. ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Peter Copeland I would go for a ride-along with game warden Joe Pickett in the Wyoming created by author C.J. Box. Joe is capable in the outdoors and has a strong mo…moreI would go for a ride-along with game warden Joe Pickett in the Wyoming created by author C.J. Box. Joe is capable in the outdoors and has a strong moral compass. He never fails to stumble into adventure, though, and the surroundings are breathtaking.(less)

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Peter Copeland The main "block" I've always faced is just getting to the chair. The excuses are many, varied and evolving. Once I sit down in front of a keyboard, or…moreThe main "block" I've always faced is just getting to the chair. The excuses are many, varied and evolving. Once I sit down in front of a keyboard, or with a notebook, I usually find plenty of words. Writing is just like painting the house or cutting the lawn. If you don't start, it won't get done.(less)

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Average rating: 4.01 · 77 ratings · 9 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Living With Our Genes by Dean H. Hamer, Peter Copeland (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story by Rhonda Cornum, Peter Copeland (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior by Dean H. Hamer, Peter Copeland (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter by Peter Copeland (Goodreads Author), John Maxwell Hamilton (Foreword) 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter (From Our Own Correspondent)

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