Man­ning is a reformed attor­ney whose career spanned from cor­po­rate lawyer to pub­lic defend­er. When not writ­ing spy nov­els, she per­forms stand-up, depend­ing on whether she feels like tor­tur­ing peo­ple or mak­ing them laugh, and was a semi-final­ist in Ver­mon­t’s Fun­ni­est Com­ic 2019. Tro­jan Horse, her debut nov­el, has gar­nered rave reviews. Her sec­ond nov­el will be debut­ing in Sep­tem­ber 2021.