Jane Healey
Author Interview - Jane Healey
Author of The Secret Stealers
“Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at a private school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan.
Donovan has faith in her—and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison. But the more Anna learns about the organization’s secret missions, the more she longs to be stationed abroad. Then comes the opportunity: go undercover as a spy in the French Resistance to help steal critical intelligence that could ultimately turn the tide of the war.
Dispatched behind enemy lines and in constant danger, Anna is filled with adrenaline, passion, and fear. She’s driven to make a difference—for her country and for herself. Whatever the risk, she’s willing to take it to help liberate France from the shadows of occupation and to free herself from the shadows of her former life.”
Author Interview - Jane Healey
Author I draw inspiration from: So many...Madeleine L'Engle from when I was in middle school.
Author Interview - Jane Healey
Favorite place to read a book: On a beach!
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: 3rd grade at the Dallin School when my first story was published in the school newspaper.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All of the above
The last book I read: Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hildebrand (I interviewed her last week)
Author Interview - Jane Healey
Pen & paper or computer: Always computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Meg from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Author Interview - Jane Healey
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: product manager in high tech, which I used to be
Favorite decade in fashion history: The 1940s!
Place I’d most like to travel: The Amalfi Coast of Italy
My signature drink: Chardonnay (boring I know)
Favorite artist: John Singer Sargent
Number one on my bucket list: Travel! To hit some of the more destinations we haven't seen like the Amalfi Coast of Italy and the Greek Islands
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Instagram and Twitter: @HealeyJane
Author Bio: Jane Healey is the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Beantown Girls and The Saturday Evening Girls Club. When her daughters were young, Jane Healey left a career in high tech to fulfill her dream of writing historical fiction about little-known women in history. It was a passion that has turned into something much more. Jane shares a home north of Boston with her husband, two daughters, and two cats. When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, running, cooking, and going to the beach. For more information on the author or upcoming events or to schedule a book club visit, please visit her website, https://janehealey.com.
