For those Homeland fans out there, Amaryllis Fox could be described as a real-life Carrie Mathison.

But she describes herself as an author, journalist, and former CIA clandestine service officer.

She’s written a new book about her time as a spy, hunting the world’s most dangerous terrorists, called “coming of age in the CIA”.

Amaryllis Fox joined Jack Tame on the show this morning.

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