King, Rosemary A. 1966-

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King, Rosemary A. 1966-

PERSONAL: Born December 2, 1966, in Erie, PA; daughter of Thomas L. (an accountant) and Dolores A. (a homemaker) King. Ethnicity:“Caucasian.”Education: U.S. Air Force Academy, B.S., 1988; Harvard University, M.A., 1991; Arizona State University, Ph. D., 2000.

ADDRESSES: Home— Washington, DC. Office— The Pentagon, Room 2E667, Washington, DC 20318-5134. E-mail— [email protected].

CAREER: U.S. Air Force, career officer, 1988—; present rank, lieutenant colonel.

WRITINGS

Border Confluences: Borderland Narratives from the Mexican War to the Present, University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 2004.

SIDELIGHTS: Rosemary A. King told CA:“My first book, Border Confluences: Borderland Narratives from the Mexican War to the Present, explores narratives set along the U.S.-Mexico border. I have been interested in the borderlands since I was a child growing up in Mexico City in the early 1980s. Favorite authors include Cormac McCarthy, Miguel Méndez, and Leslie Marmon Silko.”