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Memoir, Nonfiction, Contemporary

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Sarah Valentine, PhD, is a widely published author and translator whose awards include an NEH Public Scholar grant and a Lannan Foundation fellowship. Valentine has taught literature and creative writing at Princeton, UCLA, UC Riverside, and Northwestern University.

Her latest book, DECODING THE DEVIL: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin's Bomb (HarperCollins June 2026), reveals a top-secret team of Black codebreakers that provided critical intelligence to stop the US from starting a nuclear war.

In her memoir, WHEN I WAS WHITE (St. Martin's 2019), she recounts growing up in Pittsburgh as a mixed-race Black girl in a white family who kept her identity a closely held secret. She lives in Pittsburgh. ...more

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	When I Was White: A Memoir 3.43 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Mi duque de las Highlands 3.82 avg rating — 106 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
	El misterio del Conde (Condes escoceses nº 1) 3.76 avg rating — 86 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
	El enigma del conde (Condes escoceses nº 2) 4.11 avg rating — 55 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
	El dilema del conde (Condes escoceses nº 4) 4.02 avg rating — 42 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
	El secreto del Conde (Condes escoceses nº 3) 4.03 avg rating — 39 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
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Not only is this a fantastic book, it's the only book of its kind on this topic. If you love Bletchley Park stories, hidden histories, or Cold War spy thrillers, you need to read this. Writing this book was a labor of love. Ten years of research, fiv ...more
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