PBS asks Stacey Abrams about writing novels and saving democracy.

“You are one busy woman as a public servant for so, so long,” host Christiane Amanpour said. “How do you get time to write novels?”

Failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has been asked how she manages to write novels while juggling so many other responsibilities. Abrams, who lost two gubernatorial races against Georgia governor Brian Kemp, answered that “writing is just as important” to her as her other work, like saving democracy.

Abrams has written several books, including some under the genre of “romantic suspense,” and a new one titled Rough Justice that tells of a young Supreme Court clerk “fighting injustices.”

“I try to balance my life so that I’m tackling the issues I care about from multiple perspectives,” Abrams said, adding that writing novels is particularly enjoyable because she can “kill off the people I don’t like.”

It’s the latest example of the media’s glowing coverage of Abrams, who famously refused to concede defeat in her 2018 race. The Washington Post published a long-form piece in 2020 about the “Power of Stacey Abrams.”

Abrams’s new projects include fighting to ban gas stoves. However, a federal judge in January ordered Abrams to reimburse Georgia for legal fees over a frivolous election lawsuit.

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