Stephanie Marie Thornton is a USA Today bestselling author and a high school history teacher. She lives in Alaska with her husband and daughter.
[The Page 69 Test: The Conqueror's Wife; Writers Read: Stephanie Thornton; My Book, The Movie: The Conqueror's Wife]
Her latest book, A Most Clever Girl: A Novel of an American Spy is a novel of love, loyalty, and espionage, based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Bentley, a Cold War double agent spying for the Russians and the United States.
At CrimeReads Thornton tagged eight favorite books based on real-life female spies. One title on the list:
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnRead about another entry on the list.
While both protagonists in this stellar blockbuster novel are fictional, the unforgettable Eve Gardiner is tapped to spy for the real Alice Network in France during World War I. The real-life spy network was run by Louise de Bettignies—the “Queen of Spies” who trains Eve—and reported on the German front so accurately that new artillery placements were often bombed within days of being set up. The stakes are high for Eve and her life as a spy will haunt her for decades to come.
The Alice Network is among Suzanne Rindell's top ten novels that use large-scale events as a catalyst.
The Page 69 Test: The Alice Network.
--Marshal Zeringue
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