Jennet Conant

About the author

Jennet Conant, born on July 15, 1959, in Seoul, is an American non-fiction author and journalist who has built her reputation chronicling the hidden worlds of World War II. She has written several books on the subject, three of which landed on the New York Times Best Seller list: Tuxedo Park, 109 East Palace, and The Irregulars. Her work spans the secret science behind the Manhattan Project, British spy networks in wartime Washington, and the wartime OSS careers of figures such as Julia Child and her husband Paul.