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Stella Rimington on mission to 'rescue spy stories from blokes'

Written By Unknown on Thursday, August 27, 2015 | 12:49 PM

Addressing Edinburgh the international book festival, the former MI5 chief spoke about bringing women into a genre dominated by men

In pictures: Stars on the Edinburgh international book festival 2015

The former head of MI5 Stella Rimington told the Edinburgh international book festival that after retiring from her job, she set herself a new mission – to “rescue spy stories from the blokes.”

Rimington, who joined the security service as a typist in 1968 and became its its first female director general in 1992, is following up last year’s Close Call by working on her ninth novel featuring heroine Liz Carlyle.

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