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Lea Carpenter on her novel 'Ilium'

Lea Carpenter is the author of "Ilium"
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Lea Carpenter is the author of "Ilium"

Lea Carpenter is the author of three novels set in the worlds of espionage and national security.

Her newest novel, Ilium, follows an unnamed narrator who marries into a life of secrecy and a high stakes mission.

I recently spoke with Lea Carpenter about her book and her inspiration.

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Ilium was published by Knopf.

Marginalia was produced at KMUW Wichita and is part of the NPR Podcast Network.

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Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.