Dan morain biography

Next week, Kamala Harris will make history as the first woman, Black person and South Asian American person inaugurated vice president of the United States.

Her climb from California attorney general to senator to vice president-elect has been well-documented in the news, as well as Harris' own books, including 2008's "Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer" and 2019's "The Truths We Hold: An American Journey." 

"Kamala's Way: An American Life" (Simon & Schuster, 257 pp.), out Tuesday, promises a "revelatory" look at how a daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants "became one of this country's most effective power players," according to a press release.

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The new biography was written by veteran California journalist Dan Morain, who covered Harris' career for decades at the Sacramento Bee and