Jennet Conant
Jennet Conant (born 1960) is an American journalist and the author of three books about World War II that have all appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.
A former journalist, Conant has written profiles for Vanity Fair, where she resigned over a censorship controversy,[1] Esquire, GQ, Newsweek, and The New York Times. She lives in New York City and also in Sag Harbor, New York. She is married to the journalist Steve Kroft. They have one son.
Books
- Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II (2003), is about the contribution of Alfred Lee Loomis to the invention of radar and its implications for World War II.
- Her second book, 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos (2005), is an account of the history, science, politics and struggles surrounding the building of the atomic bomb. It includes insights from the author's grandfather James B. Conant who was an administrator for the Manhattan Project.[2][3]
- The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington (2008, trade paperback 2009) is about the structure, history, development, implications, and influence of British espionage in the United States before, during and immediately after World War II. Her history of the organization known as British Security Coordination (BSC) includes profiles of such recruits as Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming and David Ogilvy as well as the head of BSC, William Stephenson.[4][5]
References
- ^ Howard Kurtz, "Top Vanity Fair Writer Quits; Jennet Conant Resigns After Magazine Killed Story on Brill", Washington Post May 15, 1999
- ^ Jennet Conant, "My Grandfather and the Bomb, Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2005
- ^ Kirkus Review
- ^ Barnes and Noble
- ^ author interview
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