An Afternoon with Author Christine Kuehn - In-person

at the Olney Library

Join Olney Library for an afternoon with Christine Kuehn, author of critically acclaimed book "Family of Spies."

"An ordinary woman in suburban Maryland unearths the horrifying secret of her family’s impact on the events of WWII in this page-turning debut memoir....It’s a propulsive and disturbing tale."
―Publishers Weekly, Starred Review (Oct 2025)

Olney Library is very pleased to welcome author Christine Kuehn to the branch. Family of Spies, a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, is her first book. Published in November 2025, Family of Spies was a New York Times "21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Fall" and "Editor's Choice." Kuehn was featured on CBS Sunday Morning (Dec 2025) and NPR's Here and Now program (Dec 2025).

FROM PUBLISHER CELADON BOOKS:
"A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War II. Nazi spies. Christine Kuehn was shocked and confused. When she asked her seventy-year-old father, Eberhard, what this could possibly be about, he stalled, deflected, demurred, and then wept. He knew this day would come."

Learn more about her family's story on June 14!

Q&A and light refreshments to follow. Copies of her book will be available for purchase/signing.  

NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BUT SEATING IS LIMITED.

CHRISTINE KUEHN was cocooned in the sanctity of a quiet suburban life when a letter from a historian in 1994 pierced that bubble, sending her on a thirty-year quest to discover the truth behind a horrendous family secret kept hidden for half a century. Following a career in journalism, public relations, and nonprofits, Christine now lives in Maryland with her husband, close to their three grown children. Visit her Instagram here.

Questions about this program? Contact Olney Library at 240-773-9545.

Sponsored by Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, MD, Inc.

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