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Lucy Kirk is a retired CIA Directorate of Operations and Chief of Station. Her 30 years of experience in the Agency, specifically her experience specializing in Soviet Union and later Russian affairs, inspired her to write The Poison Factory. As a career Field Operations Officer and one of only a handful of women agents, she of course, had to make her protagonist a female agent as well.
Lucy currently teaches courses in espionage and The Cold War in her current home of New York City.
She's an Intelligence expert who has written for publications extensively on the subject.
Lucy graduated from Wellesley College and earned her graduate degree from American University’s School of International Service in Washington, D.C.
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	The ABCs of Queer History by Seema Yasmin (Goodreads Author), Lucy Kirk (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 102 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	We Already Have a Woman We Like: My Life in the CIA 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Loved Body's Corruption: Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Human Mortality by Jane Downes (Editor), Tony Pollard (Editor), Owen Beattie (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	DIARY OF WW II by Gilman Kirk, Lucy Kirk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The ABCs of History Series 3-Book Collection Set - Engaging and Educational Illustrated Books for Young Readers by Rio Cortez (Goodreads Author), Lauren Semmer (Goodreads Author), Seema Yasmin (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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