CONFIDENT WOMEN: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

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 Telfer reveals, its female practitioners are some of the best in the business. Here she introduces a host of lady swindlers whose scams ranged from the outrageous to the deadly and every shade of grift in between.