![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, she relished the sitcom-worthy, rough-and-tumble life of raising a brood, recalling moments like the time one of her sons brought a remote control fart machine to church. Many of Steel’s children didn’t even realize their mom was a famous writer until they got to college. Books to Read If You're Alone for the Holidays.The 20 Best Books of 2019, According to Goodreads. ![]() And her domestic life is just as headline-grabbing as her writing career: Steel sustained a pace of writing at least four books every year while raising nine children, which she had between two husbands. ![]() Unlike Alexandra, however, the details of Steel’s own life are far from secret, made public through the years by various essays, articles, and interviews-plus her book sales, which clearly spell out her success. “They had the appearance of these nice little bourgeois ladies, when they actually did life-threatening missions throughout the entire war,” Steel tells. Spy’s Alexandra Wickham was directly inspired by friends of Steel’s in France who recently discovered their mothers and grandmothers were actually spies during the war. That’s not the case, however, with Spy, her most recent work, which was released on November 26 and follows an elegant young woman who’s recruited into British intelligence during WWII. Releasing an average of seven books every year, the author writes so prolifically that even she sometimes forgets what her latest book is about. Yet despite the kind of success that means she could have retired long ago, Steel still chugs on, undeterred. ![]()
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