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    Amy Serafin

    Amy Serafin

    Amy lives in Paris and has worked for years as a journalist and editor in chief covering a range of subjects, including culture and the arts for The New York Times and National Public Radio, business and technology for Fortune and SmartPlanet, architecture and design for Wallpaper*, food and fashion for the Associated Press, and humanitarian issues for the International Committee of the Red Cross. Sometimes she also writes dialogue for The Smurfs.

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      By Amy Serafin Published 13 April 25

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      Josephine Baker was an American-born actress and dancer, who would go on to take France by storm and become one of Europe’s highest-paid performers. She also happened to be a Second World War spy.

      By Amy Serafin Published 6 April 25

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