Jennet Conant is the author of Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist and the New York Times bestsellers The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington and Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II. She has written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Newsweek, and The New York Times. She lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York.
Praise for A Covert Affair
“Jennet Conant’s A Covert Affair is an absolutely top-class work of
the true-spy genre; elegantly written, authentic, exceptionally
sophisticated, and not at all what you might expect of a book with
a picture of Julia Child on the cover. This ain’t about
cooking.”
--Alan Furst, author of Spies of the Balkans
"Conant's vivid tapestry of the 1940s skillfully interweaves
interviews, oral histories, memoirs, and recently unclassified OSS
and FBI documents with unpublished diaries and letters. The
adventurous young OSS recruits spring to life throughout this
meticulously researched, authoritative history."
--Publishers Weekly
Praise for The Irregulars
“What critics praise most in Jennet Conant’s The Irregulars is the
quality that is becoming the author’s signature knack: her ability
to show how a seemingly obscure group of characters personifies the
mood of a time and place and exercises more influence than one
might expect…. Expert writing and research. ”
--Booklist
“What more could you want from a book? Here is a discussion of
propaganda and covert actions written with text-book clarity.
Salacious gossip about the upper circles of Washington’s political
and media community. A writing style that has one racing from page
to page, eager to soak in more details. I thump my desk with glee
over Jennet Conant’s The Irregulars…. A truly fascinating
book.”
--Joseph C. Goulden, The Washington Times
“As was true of her excellent first book, Tuxedo Park, in The
Irregulars [Conant] removes the dust of history. … Entertaining and
instructive.”
--Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
“Exhaustively researched and vividly written…. Conant vividly
captures the personalities.”
--Boston Globe
“A thoroughly engrossing story, one Conant tells exceptionally
well.”
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Tuxedo Park
“Remarkable and remarkably told, as if F. Scott Fitzgerald had
penned Batman.”
--Kirkus (starred review)
“A must read for all fans of World War II history. It will
captivate. ”
--Businessweek
“Fascinating.”
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
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