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Fox News anchor and former White House press secretary Dana Perino will publish her fiction debut in 2026

Purple State is a romcom that follows PR professional Dot Clark, who finds love across party lines after she moves to a small town ahead of a presidential election

Perino says her day job influenced the novel by providing "a front-row seat to how Americans argue, dream, wrestle with tough choices and fall in love"

Dana Perino is making her fiction debut with a new rom-com.

The Fox News anchor will publish a new novel, Purple State , next year, PEOPLE can exclusively announce.

The book follows Dorothy “Dot” Clark, a PR professional, who moves to the Wisconsin swing district Cedar Falls with her friends from New York City ahead of the next presidential election. D

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