Rosalie RayburnRosalie Rayburn is a journalist who started her newspaper career while still a student in Ireland where she freelanced for the Irish Times and Irish Independent. Like "Digger" Doyle, her protagonist in "The Power of Rain" she is drawn to uncovering te secrets politicians want to hide from the public. Local politics are rich territory for double-dealing and scams that keep a reporter busy. Rayburn spent 18 years as a staff writer for the Albuquerque Journal; during which she covered business, local government, energy and telecommunications. Now retired, Rayburn divides her time between the US and Portugal where she contributes to the lifestyle magazine "Portugal Living" and writes a blog about relocating to and living in Portugal Read More Read Less