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  • Significant Others – December 2023 podcast about hidden influencers, with playwright Liza Powel O’Brien
  • Chatter: Lawfare Podcast in conversation with Washington Post intelligence reporter Shane Harris

    • International Spy Museum: book panel with former CIA operatives Lisa Harper and Molly Chambers, both featured in The Sisterhood

    Chaucer’s Books: conversation with special guest, former CIA operative Heidi August, featured in The Sisterhood

  • Spy Talk: podcast in conversation with Jeff Stein

    • Politics and Prose: bookstore talk in conversation with Washington Post Staff Writer Ian Shapira

  • Beyond the Mic with Sean Dillon
  • The John Batchelor Show
    • The Sisterhood:

    Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous.

    News & Awards
  • The Sisterhood
  • National Bestseller
  • An Amazon Best Book of 2023
  • National Indie Best Seller
  • Starred Reviews in Kirkus and Booklist
  • New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
  • Rave Reviews in New York Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere.
  • Code Girls
  • New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, & Los Angeles Times Best Seller

    • “I cannot overstate the importance of this book; Mundy has rescued a piece of forgotten history, and given these American heroes the recognition they deserve.”

    —NATHALIA HOLT, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls

    Liza Mundy
    2017-09-18T22:59:09+00:00

    —NATHALIA HOLT, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls

    “I cannot overstate the importance of this book; Mundy has rescued a piece of forgotten history, and given these American heroes the recognition they deserve.”

    “Liza Mundy's portraits of World War II codebreakers are so skillfully and vividly drawn that I felt as if I were right there with them–mastering ciphers, outwitting the Japanese army, sinking ships, breaking hearts...I am an evangelist for this book: You must read it.”

    —KAREN ABBOTT, New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City

    Liza Mundy
    2017-09-18T22:58:42+00:00

    —KAREN ABBOTT, New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City

    “Liza Mundy's portraits of World War II codebreakers are so skillfully and vividly drawn that I felt as if I were right there with them–mastering ciphers, outwitting the Japanese army, sinking ships, breaking hearts...I am an evangelist for this book: You must read it.”

    "Code Girls reveals one of World War II's last remaining secrets: the true tale of the young American women who helped shorten the war and saved thousands of lives by breaking the codes of the German and Japanese armed forces...superbly researched and stirringly written."

    ―GLENN FRANKEL, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of High Noon

    Liza Mundy
    2017-09-19T16:11:07+00:00

    ―GLENN FRANKEL, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of High Noon

    "Code Girls reveals one of World War II's last remaining secrets: the true tale of the young American women who helped shorten the war and saved thousands of lives by breaking the codes of the German and Japanese armed forces...superbly researched and stirringly written."

    "Mundy is a fine storyteller...A sleek, compelling narrative...The book is a winner. A well-researched, compellingly written, crucial addition to the literature of American involvement in World War II."

    ―KIRKUS ★ Starred Review

    Liza Mundy
    2017-09-19T16:24:59+00:00

    ―KIRKUS ★ Starred Review

    "Mundy is a fine storyteller...A sleek, compelling narrative...The book is a winner. A well-researched, compellingly written, crucial addition to the literature of American involvement in World War II."

    "Similar to Nathalia Holt's The Rise of the Rocket Girls and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures, this is indispensable and fascinating history. Highly recommended for all readers."

    —LIBRARY JOURNAL ★ Starred Review

    Liza Mundy
    2017-09-18T22:58:15+00:00

    —LIBRARY JOURNAL ★ Starred Review

    "Similar to Nathalia Holt's The Rise of the Rocket Girls and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures, this is indispensable and fascinating history. Highly recommended for all readers."
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    Liza Mundy is an award-winning journalist and the New York Times-bestselling author of five books including her latest work, The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA (2023). Her narrative non-fiction aims to engage, delight, and inform readers by providing a compelling take on important parts of American history that have long been overlooked, expanding our collective understanding of our past by telling true stories of the people, often unsung, who shaped our world....learn more

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