I Am Not Your Enemy: A Memoir

Winner, who was convicted of leaking classified documents about Russian interference in the 2016 election, fleshes out her life beyond that scandal in this intriguing autobiography. She starts with the juicy stuff: in May 2017, Winner stumbled across a “bombshell” intelligence report while contracting for the NSA and feared the Trump administration would bury it. As a safeguard, she illegally printed a copy, smuggled it out of the building in her pantyhose, and sent it to the Intercept, who published it. The result for Winner was an unprecedented five-year sentence for espionage. After justifying her actions by citing “the widespread fear of the demise of American democracy,” Winner delves into her early life, including her Texas upbringing with a mentally ill father who believed he was Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Elsewhere, she covers her military career, her incarceration, and her choice, as an adult, to convert to Judaism. While Winner offers little new information that might sway her detractors, open-minded readers will be grateful for the opportunity to glimpse the inner world of a widely recognized but little-known figure. It’s a worthwhile self-portrait. Agent: Michael Signorelli, Aevitas Creative Management. (Sept.)