About the Author
Writer Lynne Olson graduated from the University of Arizona and began her career with the Associated Press in 1971. She was its first woman correspondent in Moscow from 1974 to 1976. She also worked as a reporter on national politics for the Baltimore Sun before becoming a freelance writer in 1981. show more Olson has contributed to publications including the Washington Post, American Heritage, Smithsonian, Working Woman, Ms., Elle, and Glamour. She taught journalism at American University in Washington for five years and has published several books of history. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Stanley Cloud
Works by Lynne Olson
Citizens of London : the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest, finest hour (2010) 821 copies
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler (2019) 474 copies
Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England (2007) 404 copies
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War (2016) 399 copies
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 (2013) 374 copies
A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II (2003) — Author — 250 copies
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970 (2001) 183 copies
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction (2023) 180 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1949-08-19
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- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Occupations
- journalist
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- Cloud, Stanley (husband)
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