Jennet Conant

Jennet Conant
BornJennet Richards Conant
(1959-07-15) July 15, 1959 (age 65)
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationNon-fiction writer, journalist
Alma materBryn Mawr College
Haverford College
Columbia University
Period1982–present
SubjectWorld War II
Notable worksTuxedo Park (2002)
109 East Palace (2005)
The Irregulars (2008)
SpouseSteve Kroft
ChildrenJohn

Jennet Conant (born July 15, 1959) is an American non-fiction author and journalist. She has written five books about World War II, three of which have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list: Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of WWII, 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos, The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington, and A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS.