Join us for a book reading and discussion with Heather Demetrios on her new book Code Name Badass, the true story of Virginia Hall.
Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this riotous, spirited biography of the most dangerous of all Allied spies, courageous and kickass Virginia Hall.
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When James Bond was still in diapers, Virginia Hall was behind enemy lines, playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Hitler’s henchmen. Did this shero have second thoughts after a terrible accident left her needing a wooden leg? Please. Virginia Hall was the baddest broad in any room she walked into. When the State Department proved to be a sexist boy’s club that wouldn’t allow her in, she gave the finger to society’s expectations of women and became a spy for the British. This boss lady helped arm and train the French Resistance and organized sabotage missions. There was just one problem: the Butcher of Lyon, a notorious Gestapo commander, was after her. But, hey, Virginia’s classmates didn’t call her “the Fighting Blade” for nothing.
So how does a girl who was a pirate in the school play, spent her childhood summers milking goats, and rocked it on the hockey field end up becoming the Gestapo’s most wanted spy?
Audacious, irreverent, and fiercely feminist, Code Name Badass is for anyone who doesn’t take no for an answer.
Author Bio
Heather Demetrios is a critically acclaimed author, writing coach, and certified meditation
teacher. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a recipient of the
PEN America Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award for her debut novel, Something Real. Her
novels include Little Universes, I’ll Meet You There, Bad Romance, as well as the Dark Caravan
fantasy series: Exquisite Captive, Blood Passage, and Freedom’s Slave. Her non-fiction includes
the Virginia Hall biography Code Name Badass and she is the editor of Dear Heartbreak: YA
Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love. Her honors include books that have been named
Bank Street Best Children’s Books, YALSA Best Fiction For Young Adults selections, a
Goodreads Choice Nominee, a Kirkus Best Book, and a Barnes and Noble Best Book. Her work
has appeared in LA Review of Books, Bustle, School Library Journal, and other fine outlets.
Find out more about Heather and her books at heatherdemetrios.com.
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