Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA covert operations officer, was
born on Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska in 1963. She
holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and a
master's degrees from the London School of Economics and Political
Science and the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Her career in the
CIA included assignments in counterproliferation operations, working
to ensure that enemies of the United States could not threaten America
with weapons of mass destruction. She and her husband, Ambassador
Joseph Wilson, are the parents of 7-year-old twins. Mrs. Plame
Wilson and her family live in New Mexico.

Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, published by Simon and Schuster on October 22, 2007, is Valerie Plame Wilson's first book. It includes an afterword by Laura Rozen.

Blog Entries by Valerie Plame Wilson

On Iraq, Post-Partum Depression, and Trading Sex for Intel

Posted October 26, 2007 | 06:51 PM (EST)


On this fifth day of my book tour for Fair Game; My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House and my final book tour blog for the Huffington Post, I'm finding my stride. With the outing of my covert identity by conservative columnist Robert Novak in July...

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The Growing Politicization of America's Intelligence Services

Posted October 25, 2007 | 08:46 PM (EST)


Now on the fourth day of my book tour for Fair Game and I am delighted because I have been given abundant opportunity to discuss something I feel passionately about: the politicization of our intelligence services. There has been an increasing trend to allow politics to spill over into the...

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How My CIA Skills Come in Handy on My Book Tour

Posted October 24, 2007 | 08:17 PM (EST)


On this third day that my book Fair Game has been available in stores, it occurs to me that there are striking similarities between what I learned from my CIA training at the "Farm" and a full-blown book tour. Pleasantly surprised to know that some of the hard-earned skills I...

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Why Military Types Should Not Run the CIA

Posted October 23, 2007 | 06:54 PM (EST)


Greetings, everyone. Thrilled that I survived the first day... with two appearances to discuss my book Fair Game on live TV which, believe me, concentrates the mind. A little voice in my head is saying that maybe this book tour business could actually be fun. Finally, after 4 ½...

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CIA Censors My Book: Personal Payback or Protecting National Security?

Posted October 22, 2007 | 08:33 PM (EST)


What a whirlwind! After a short and fitful night's sleep, I started the book tour with the Today show, quickly followed by radio interviews for NPR's Fresh Air and All Things Considered, and then The Times of London for openers. I really enjoyed the longer format allowed by the radio...

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Finally Telling My Story

Posted October 21, 2007 | 10:31 PM (EST)


I'm Valerie Plame Wilson and I'm excited to be here and blog about my book Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, which goes on sale Monday, Oct 22. When my publisher sent me the finished copy earlier this week, it was thrilling. It...
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