Any study of Aphra Behn is really a study of shifting disguises and political guesswork. She is remembered in history as the first woman to make a living by writing in English, all the way back in the seventeenth century. Few know that she became a writer while exploring her first intriguing career: Spy for … Continue reading Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing