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A Novel
by Marie Benedict
Bestselling author Marie Benedict reveals the story of a brilliant woman scientist only remembered for her beauty.
Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side and understood more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.
But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis and revolutionize modern communication...if anyone would listen to her.
A powerful book based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece that celebrates the many women in science that history has overlooked.
This is the third historical fiction novel Benedict and Murray have written together. Each has also written several novels on her own. Have you read any of their other works, and if so, how do they compare?
I read The Only Woman in the Room about Hedy Lamarr. Marie wrote this alone.
-Jacqueline_B
What’s the best nonfiction book you read in 2025?
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict. It is a surprising and remarkable story of Hedy Lamarr. I was not aware of the outstanding contributions she made from a scientific and influential...
-Lorraine_D
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I feel pretty confident that you will like her books. And if you do, then check out Marie Benedict. She also writes historical fiction about women. Her The Only Woman in the Room, about the actress Hedy Lamarr, is really good.
-Lloyd_R
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Marie Benedictis a lawyer with more than ten years' experience as a litigator at two of the country's premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College with a focus in history and art history and a cum laude graduate of the Boston University School of Law. Marie, the author of The Other Einstein, Carnegie's Maid, The Only Woman in the Room, and Lady Clementine, views herself as an archaeologist of sorts, telling the untold stories of women. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family.
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