About the Author

MICHAEL SMITH is an award-winning journalist and the author of a number of bestselling books on spies, special forces and codebreaking including: The Sunday Times number one bestseller Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park; Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews; The Spying Game and Killer Elite: The Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations Team. He is also the co-editor, with Ralph Erskine, of The Bletchley Park Codebreakers. Smith was a member of the British Army's Intelligence Corps before joining the BBC. He was a reporter and defence correspondent for both the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times covering the wars in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. Smith is a trustee of Bletchley Park and chair of the Trust's Historical Advisory Committee. He lives near Henley-on-Thames.

Reviews

"A five star comprehensive and emotionally engaging read."

"A fascinating account ... long overdue."

‘If you are looking for a riveting, un-put-downable read to curl up with on a Siberian January  night – look no further than Michael Smith’s marvellous book –  The Debs of Bletchley Park’

'Comprehensive...movingly portrayed ... Smith provides a useful corrective to the many accounts that see Turing as the lone central figure at Bletchley.’‘If you are looking for a riveting, un-put-downable read to curl up with on a Siberian January  night – look no further than Michael Smith’s marvellous book –  The Debs of Bletchley Park’'colourful and engaging social history'‘Brisk and readable story of the women of Bletchley ... Smith is good on what the women actually did’'Pacey and easy to read ... a fascinating account of how the war changed life for women in all strata of society’"A five star comprehensive and emotionally engaging read.""A fascinating account ... long overdue."