When he refused to identify his sources under subpoena he was twice found in contempt by a Federal court, with his position being upheld by the Ninth Circuit on both occasions.
These established case law sustaining the right of authors of non-fiction books to not identify either confidential or non-confidential sources.
Written just one year after events and based on hundreds of interviews with participants, it remains the definitive account of the last impeachment of an American governor.
In 2003, John Murray (UK) published his book, Unknown Seas: How Vasco da Gama Opened the East.
Watkins is co-author with Charles G. Irion on the Summit Murder Series, mystery novels set on the highest mountains in the world.