Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

A collection of diabolically clever con women who have made (us) their mark

From Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Delvey to Frank Abagnale and Charles Ponzi, the history of confidence artists is long, venerable, and wildly compelling. And as Tori Telfer reveals, its female practitioners are some of the best - or worst - in the business. Here, Telfer introduces a host of lady swindlers - some notorious, others forgotten - whose scams ranged from the outrageous to the deadly and every shade of grift in between.