Manuel Roig-Franzia is the author of Simon and Schuster’s “The Rise of Marco Rubio.” (“El Ascenso de Marco Rubio” is the title of the Spanish-language edition.) Roig-Franzia is a writer in The Washington Post’s Style section. He writes long-form pieces on a broad range of subjects, exploring politics, power and the culture of Washington, as well as profiling major political figures and authors.

In more than 11 years at The Post, Roig-Franzia has served as bureau chief in Miami for the National staff and in Mexico City for the Foreign staff. He’s covered U.S. and international presidential campaigns, the January 2010 Haiti earthquake and more than a dozen major hurricanes, including Katrina.

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