Leslye Penelope’s latest novel, The Monsters We Defy, takes readers to a version of 1920s Washington D.C. where bootleggers, powerful spirits, and humans blessed (and burdened) with magical powers engage in an epic battle over peoples’ destinies.Article continues after advertisementRemove Ads Penelope’s protagonist, Clara Johnson, is drawn from history—a woman who, as a teenager during … Continue reading Leslye Penelope on the Historic 1919 Trial That Fueled Her New Magical Heist Novel