Kelly Rimmer’s sweeping World War Two historical suspense has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and made international best seller lists, including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And on Binge Reading today, Kelly talks about her latest historical saga, The Paris Agent and two otherwise ordinary women who become spies in World War II France.

It’s a powerful story which threads their lives - they are real life woman - into history, leaving an indelible story of courage and family ties.

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Links to people and places in the episode

Violette Szabo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violette_Szabo

F Section of SOE:  F-Section, 

Diana Rowden:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Rowden

SOE Special Operations Executive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive

M. R. D. Foot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._D._Foot

Henri Dericourt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_D%C3%A9ricourt

Nicolas Bodington: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bodington

Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say: https://www.amazon.com.au/Things-We-Cannot-Say/dp/1525823566

Scrivener Writing Software: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview

Aeon Timeline:  https://timeline.app/blog/introducing-aeon-timeline-3/

CSIRO Parkes Observatory:  https://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/

Wernher von Braun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun.

Polin: Polish Museum of Jewish History: https://polin.pl/en/about-museum

Irena Sendler:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler.

Irena’s Children: https://www.amazon.com.au/Irenas-Children-Extraordinary-Warsaw-Ghetto/dp/1476778515

All Adults Here by Emma Straub:  https://www.amazon.com.au/All-Adults-Here-Emma-Straub/dp/1594634696

Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce:  https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Mrs-Bird-AJ-Pearce/dp/1501170066

Bookouture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookouture

Where to find Kelly online

Website: Kellyrimmer.com

Twitter: Kelrimmerwrites

Instagram: kelrimmerwrites

Facebook: @kellymrimmer

Introducing historical suspense author Kelly Rimmer

But now here's Kelly. Hello, via Kelly and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.

Kelly Rimmer: Hi, Jenny. It's so good to be here.

Kelly Rimmer Historical suspense author

Jenny Wheeler: Now I think you are somewhere in Central New South Wales, Australia. And for, we've got a lot of international listeners. So for them, new South Wales is the state that has Sydney as its main

Kelly Rimmer: right. That's right.

 As you know, it's quite a big state, and there's this big mountain range at the edge of Sydney, and then there's this whole beautiful countryside on the other side.

Jenny Wheeler: That's wonderful. you've written about something a long distance from Australia. The Paris Agent is your latest book. It's a fascinating dual timeline mystery with multiple romance lines moving from England and World War Two to the 1970s with the daughter of one of those people that was involved in the war.

You've written more than a dozen novels and the most recent ones have all been historical. I'm interested in how you made that transition and how you feel about hist...