E-mail a friendMarch 23, 2007
Tavis talks with Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee is serving her 7th term representing Houston, TX in the U.S. Congress. She sits on three committees, including the House Homeland Security Committee. An attorney by profession, Lee previously served two terms as one of the first African American female At-Large members of the Houston City Council and was an Associate Municipal Court Judge. She's sponsored several initiatives on children's issues and economic development and is founder of the bipartisan Congressional Children's Caucus.
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley has written novels, nonfiction, a biography and numerous essays. She's contributed to a variety of magazines, including The New Yorker and Playboy, and written on a wide range of topics, from politics and farming to child-rearing. She grew up in a St. Louis (MO) suburb and spent a year in Europe working on an archeological dig. She returned to Iowa State for grad school and, after earning her Ph.D., began teaching. Ten Days in the Hills is Smiley's 9th novel.