Meg Bowles

Eliza is the author of a Scandi Noir mystery series.

The first book was entitled Death on the Island, followed by Death of a Diplomat.

She also has a memoir, The First Lady Next Door, where you can read all about her unexpected adventures as the First Lady of Iceland.

Up next, what happens when being seen puts your life in jeopardy?

That's after the break.

Welcome back.

Sometimes being seen can have dire consequences.

It can put someone in harm's way.

Our next storyteller, Jonna Mendez, made a career of not being seen.

Here's Jonna Mendez live at the Moth.

Jonna Mendez worked at the CIA for 27 years and retired as chief of the disguise division.

For 27 years, she lived her life undercover with the recurring fear that she would die and no one would know who she really was and the people she loved wouldn't know what happened to her.

She would just disappear.

She described the work she did constructing disguises for officers whose lives were on the line as similar to creating a kind of body armor.

Jonna Mendez is the author of a memoir entitled In True Face and is currently working on a novel inspired by events from her days in the CIA.

You can see pictures of Jonna and find out more about her on our website, themoth.org.

That's it for this episode.

Thanks so much for joining us.

From all of us at The Moth, have a story-worthy week.

Meg Bowles is one of the founding members of The Moth.