- This Washington novel is authored by Kristin Gore, the daughter of former vice president Al Gore. "Sammy"s Hill", her first novel, is set near Daddy"s old stomping grounds. Its heroine, hardworking, lovestruck Samantha Joyce, earns her daily bread as the domestic policy adviser to a reformist senator. Political scandals and rumors of sexual infidelity loom large in this educated romp through the political swamps of the Potomac.