Ms. Noonan talked about her books and her career in politics and responded to audience telephone calls. She was a speechwriter and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986 and was chief speechwriter for George Bush during the 1988 presidential campaign. Her first book, [What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era] (Random House, 1990), recounted her experiences in the Reagan White House. Ms. Noonan is also the author of [Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness] (Random House, 1994), [Simply Speaking: How to Communicate Your Ideas with Style, Substance, and Clarity] (ReganBooks, 1998), [The Case Against Hillary Clinton] (ReganBooks, 2000), and [When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan] (Viking, 2001).