BOOORING
Espionage work is mostly waiting and watching, assessing and analyzing. To make a movie, Hollywood strays far from the truth. Here, two leading writers about spying compare notes.
Katherine Reay is a national bestselling and award-winning author of several novels, including A SHADOW IN MOSCOW and her recent release, THE BERLIN LETTERS, a Cold War spy inspired by the true women serving in the CIA’s top-secret Venona Project. Katherine currently lives outside Chicago with her husband and three dogs, always hoping her three adult children will come visit soon.
Brittany Butler is a former CIA targeting officer with first-hand knowledge in the recruitment and handling of spies, and the dismantling of terrorist networks abroad. A staunch advocate for Middle Eastern women’s rights, Brittany has worked to promote the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls, and now works within her local community to resettle Afghan refugees. The first in a series, THE SYNDICATE SPY combines fascinating facts with heart-stopping fiction, telling the story, as only Brittany can tell it, of how female intelligence officers utilize both their intellect and skills to see beyond religious and cultural barriers to bring peace to this war-torn region. Brittany lives by the ocean with her husband, three sons, and her dog, Gus.