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"""A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century."" -Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a River Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted Donald Trump's speeches, designed immigration policies that ban Muslims and separate families, and outlasted such Trump stalwarts as Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions. But he's remained an enigma. Until now. Emmy- and PEN-winning investigative journalist and author Jean Guerrero charts the thirty-four-year-old's astonishing rise to power, drawing from more than one hundred interviews with his family, friends, adversaries and government officials. Radicalized as a teenager, Miller relished provocation at his high school in liberal Santa Monica, California. He clashed with administrators and antagonized dark-skinned classmates with invectives against bilingualism and multiculturalism. At Duke University, he cloaked racist and classist ideas in the language of patriotism and heritage to get them airtime amid controversies. On Capitol Hill, he served Tea Party congresswoman Michele Bachmann and nativist Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. Recruited to Trump's campaign, Miller met his idol. Having dreamed of Trump's presidency before he even announced his decision to run, Miller became his senior policy advisor and speechwriter. Together, they stoked dystopian fears about the Democrats, ""Deep State"" and ""American Carnage,"" painting migrants and their supporters as an existential threat to America. Through backroom machinations and sheer force of will, Miller survived dozens of resignations and encouraged Trump's harshest impulses, in conflict with the president's own family. While Trump railed against illegal immigration, Miller crusaded against legal immigration. He targeted refugees, asylum seekers and their children, engineering an ethical crisis for a nation that once saw itself as the conscience of the world. Miller rallied support for this agenda, even as federal judges tried to stop it, by courting the white rage that found violent expression in tragedies from El Paso to Charlottesville. Hatemonger unveils the man driving some of the most divisive confrontations over what it means to be American--and what America will become."

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"""A brilliant and necessary look into the making of the mastermind behind the worst of America's policies. Guerrero's deep dive into Stephen Miller was enlightening and terrifying all at once. Hatemonger is required reading to understand what we are truly up against in America."" -- ""Julissa Arce, bestselling author of My (Underground) American Dream"" ""A fascinating analysis of Miller and his frightening effects on immigration policy, which is enriched by the author's vast experience reporting on the US-Mexico border."" -- ""Library Journal"" ""An unsparing portrait of the young architect of Trumpian nationalism...his unsentimental education by way of racist texts, a carefully cultivated hatred for the nonwhite world, and a core group of mentors is carefully documented and persuasive. A readable study in the banality of evil, even if it comes clothed in bespoke suits."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""An urgent story. Jean Guerrero writes with piercing clarity about one of the most powerful and elusive figures in America today."" -- ""Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished"" ""Hatemonger is a must-read for those who want to understand how small minds steeped in extremist methods have amassed great power in the twenty-first century. A superbly reported and haunting American tragedy."" -- ""Rachel Slade, author of Into the Raging Sea"""

Hatemonger is a must-read for those who want to understand how small minds steeped in extremist methods have amassed great power in the twenty-first century. A superbly reported and haunting American tragedy. -- Rachel Slade, author of Into the Raging Sea An urgent story. Jean Guerrero writes with piercing clarity about one of the most powerful and elusive figures in America today. -- Wil S. Hylton, author of Vanished An unsparing portrait of the young architect of Trumpian nationalism...his unsentimental education by way of racist texts, a carefully cultivated hatred for the nonwhite world, and a core group of mentors is carefully documented and persuasive. A readable study in the banality of evil, even if it comes clothed in bespoke suits. -- Kirkus Reviews A fascinating analysis of Miller and his frightening effects on immigration policy, which is enriched by the author's vast experience reporting on the US-Mexico border. -- Library Journal A brilliant and necessary look into the making of the mastermind behind the worst of America's policies. Guerrero's deep dive into Stephen Miller was enlightening and terrifying all at once. Hatemonger is required reading to understand what we are truly up against in America. -- Julissa Arce, bestselling author of My (Underground) American Dream

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Jean Guerrero, winner of the PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize, is the Fronteras reporter for KPBS, the NPR and PBS affiliate in San Diego, reporting on cross-border issues for radio and television. She has also worked for the Wall Street Journal and has won several prestigious reporting awards. She has an MFA degree from Goucher College. Frankie Maria Corzo is a film and voice-over actress and audiobook narrator. She obtained a BA degree in theater studies from Montclair State University.

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