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Rachel Monroe

Rachel Monroe is a contributing writer at The New Yorker, where she covers Texas and the Southwest. She is the author of “ Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession.”

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2 picks · 2020–2021

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How to Spot a Military Impostor
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Rachel Monroe writes about why so many people create false stories about military service, the tools detectives use in their investigations, and what happens after the truth is exposed.