Jennet Conant is the author of the "New York Times" bestsellers"The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington"and"Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II." A former journalist, she has written for "Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Newsweek, " and "The New York Times." She lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York.