QLD:Life imitates art for Rudd's daughter

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2010
QLD:Life imitates art for Rudd's daughter

A year before Labor's factional warlords plotted KEVIN RUDD's downfall .. his daughter
plotted a similar political coup .. in her first novel.

JESSICA RUDD's debut novel Campaign Ruby features a prime minister who's rolled by
his female treasurer.

The main character is Ruby .. a policy adviser to the federal leader of the opposition
before the treasurer's coup and the announcement of an early election.

Ms RUDD says she could never have imagined the dramatic parallels of her book and her
father's political fate.

She admits asking her publisher for a sealed section version of the book for her Dad
to avoid the raunchy bits .. but says he's two thirds of the way through the novel and
has enjoyed it so far.

The book's due to be launched in Brisbane tonight.

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