Liza Mundy (born July 8, 1960) is an American journalist, non-fiction writer, and fellow at

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. She has written a number of books and her writings have also appeared in ''

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Books

''Code Girls''

''Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II'' documents the work of thousands of female American codebreakers during World War II, including top analysts such as

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and

Agnes Driscoll Agnes Meyer Driscoll (July 24, 1889 – September 16, 1971), known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was an American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II and was known as "the first lady of naval cryptology." Early years Driscoll ...

, lesser known but outstanding contributors like

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and Ann Zeilinger Caracristi, and many others. It received positive reviews in ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''

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'', though the ''Monitor'' also states that "Mundy doesn't entirely succeed in deciphering the extraordinary complexity of codes and cryptography for layperson readers. It can be hard to understand exactly how codes were created and cracked." '' Smithsonian'' ranked it one of the ten best science books of 2017.

''The Sisterhood''

In ''The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA,'' she documents the women of the

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, and their careers, including Eloise Randolph Page. She interviewed CIA officers to tell their stories. They were instrumental in building the threat assessment of

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before the

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Bibliography

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Personal life

She married mechanical engineer, science communicator, and television presenter

Bill Nye William Sanford Nye (; born November 27, 1955) is an American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer. He is best known as the host of the science education television show '' Bill Nye the Science Guy'' (1 ...

in 2022.

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